noun
- plural of prescience; instances of knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge
Usage: formal
Examples
- The oracle’s presciences about future events amazed the townspeople.
- His presciences regarding market trends made him a wealthy investor.
- The novel explores themes of fate and the burden of presciences.
- Ancient texts speak of prophets blessed with divine presciences.
- She questioned whether her presciences were gifts or curses.
- The scientist’s presciences about climate change proved accurate decades later.