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prescience

🇬🇧 UK/'presiәns/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight or foreknowledge.

预知,先见之明

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
prebefore
+
sciknow, knowledge
+
encestate, quality
=prescience

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 prescience about the market crash made him a legend on Wall Street.

  • 2.

    With remarkable prescience, the scientist predicted the rise of artificial intelligence decades ago.

  • 3.

    The novel's prescience about surveillance technology feels unsettling to modern readers.

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