prescience
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛsɪ.əns/ / /ˈpɹɛʃəns/ / /ˈpɹɛsi.əns/
noun
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English prescience, from Old French prescience, from Latin praescientia.
- Knowledge of events before they take place.
“God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents”
“O thou, who thus the eye hast veil'd, The book of fate so slowly given, I thank thee, that thou hast conceal'd From man the prescience of heaven.”
- Knowledge of events before they take place.
“Near-synonym: forethought”
“With prescience, the Barlows designed them to withstand a third more weight than they would be expected to bear in normal conditions - future proofing the bridge for the weight of trains we see using it today.”