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prescience

/ˈpresiəns/noun

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दूरदर्शिता, पूर्वज्ञान

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    [U] formal

    the fact of knowing or appearing to know about things before they happen

    दूरदर्शिता, पूर्वज्ञान

    • the prescience of his warning
    • Looking back, her prescience about the market crash was remarkable.
    • Her prescience about the rise of online learning impressed her colleagues.
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    • The old farmer's prescience about the weather saved the harvest.
    • Many admire the prescience of a writer who imagined smartphones decades ago.

    Synonyms foresight foreknowledge vision farsightedness clairvoyance

    Opposite hindsight short-sightedness myopia

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≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

foresight foreknowledge vision farsightedness clairvoyance

Antonyms

hindsight short-sightedness myopia

AaSpelling

pre·sci·ence

?Which word?

Keep the know-the-future words together: prescience, foresight, clairvoyance (claimed power to see the future), premonition (a feeling that something bad will happen), prophecy.

भविष्य जानने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: prescience, foresight, clairvoyance (भविष्य देखने की दावाकृत शक्ति), premonition (कुछ बुरा होने की अनुभूति, पूर्वाभास), prophecy।

§Grammar and usage

The adjective prescient means knowing about events before they happen ('a prescient warning').

Adjective prescient का अर्थ घटनाओं के होने से पहले जानने वाला है ('a prescient warning')।