slovo | definícia |
prescient (encz) | prescient,jasnovidný |
prescient (encz) | prescient,jasnozřivý |
prescient (encz) | prescient,prorocký |
prescient (encz) | prescient,vědoucí napřed |
Prescient (gcide) | Prescient \Pre"sci*ent\ (pr[=e]"sh[i^]*ent or -shent), a. [L.
praesciens, -entis, p. pr. of praescire to foreknow; prae
before + scire to know: cf. F. prescient. See Science.]
Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious
beforehand. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Henry . . . had shown himself sensible, and almost
prescient, of this event. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster] |
prescient (wn) | prescient
adj 1: perceiving the significance of events before they occur;
"extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable
course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
prescient (encz) | prescient,jasnovidný prescient,jasnozřivý prescient,prorocký prescient,vědoucí napřed |
presciently (encz) | presciently, |
Presciently (gcide) | Presciently \Pre"sci*ent*ly\, adv.
With prescience or foresight.
[1913 Webster] |
prescient (wn) | prescient
adj 1: perceiving the significance of events before they occur;
"extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable
course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere |
presciently (wn) | presciently
adv 1: with foresight; "more presciently than they superiors,
these workers grasped the economic situation" [syn:
presciently, cannily] |
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