prescience
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- prescient adjective
- presciently adverb
Etymology
Origin of prescience
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Late Latin praescientia “foreknowledge”; equivalent to pre- + science
Example Sentences
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And many are crediting his prescience in getting Chevron to stay in the country all those years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
I think the ABA is vindicated in its assessment, and deserves a little medal for prescience here.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
If warnings of an artificial-intelligence bubble turn out to be true, Danoff’s retirement may look, in retrospect, like a final act of market prescience.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
What does surprise is his prescience about still-relevant concerns, from a disappearing middle class to police brutality.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
In her younger years, with prescience and good management, Mammachi had collected all her falling hair in a small, embroidered purse that she kept on her dressing table.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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