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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Knowledge of events before they take place.; Such knowledge that is supernatural or paranormal in nature, including the prediction of things that nobody could have known by the ordinary senses. especially, uncountable, usually

   "God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents"

2. 2
   the power to foresee the future wordnet
3. 3
   Knowledge of events before they take place.; Such knowledge that comes from wise and thorough forethought (for example, careful planning). sometimes, uncountable, usually

   "Near-synonym: forethought"

Synonyms

All synonyms

clairvoyancedecreedivinationforebodingforeknowledgeforeknowledge

Example

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"God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English prescience, from Old French prescience, from Latin praescientia.

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