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prescient

pre·sci·ent

prescient

 
pronunciation:
pre shi nt [or] pre shnt [or] pri shi ent [or] pri shnt
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
definition: having or exhibiting knowledge of events before they take place.
The old science fiction novel now seems remarkably prescient about the role that computers would come to play in our century.
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