prescient
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US'presıənt
معنی فارسی
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ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin 'praesciens', present participle of 'praescire' (to know beforehand), from 'prae-' (before) + 'scire' (to know).
مثال
- The author's prescient predictions about technology have come true.
- The prescient investor sold his stocks just before the market crashed.
- Her prescient advice saved the company from making a costly mistake.
ترکیبهای رایج
Be prescient Show prescient Prescient prediction
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- perceiving the significance of events before they occur “extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere”
مترادفها
adjective
Foreknowing, foreseeing.