prescience

Definitions

pre- ('before') + sci ('know') + -ence (state) = 'knowing beforehand' = foresight. It names the (rare, almost prophetic) ability to know what is coming before it arrives.

Common Collocations

• 1.remarkable prescience非凡的先见之明
• 2.uncanny prescience惊人的预知能力
• 3.show prescience展现出先见之明
• 4.with prescience以先见之明

Example Sentences

• 1.

  His warning about the crash showed remarkable prescience.

• 2.

  With uncanny prescience, she had sold the shares a week earlier.