noun
- knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foresight
Usage: formal
Examples
- Her prescience about market trends made her a successful investor.
- The author’s prescience in predicting social changes was remarkable.
- With unusual prescience, he warned of the coming storm.
- The scientist’s prescience about climate effects proved accurate.
- Ancient oracles claimed to possess prescience about future events.
- His prescience in business matters helped the company avoid disaster.