prescience C2 Topic:Science & Research US /ˈpɹɛʃəns/ UK /ˈpɹɛsɪ.əns/ See IPA manual Freq #118245 Meanings 1 noun Knowledge of events before they take place. God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · knowledge of events before... clairvoyancedivinationforeknowledgeforesightprecognitionpremonitionprophecypsychicness Word family Related forms prescientprescientificprotoscienceprotoscientific Etymology Inherited from Middle English prescience, from Old French prescience, from Latin praescientia. Topics Science & Research External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # prescience **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpɹɛʃəns/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹɛsɪ.əns/ **Frequency rank:** 118245 ## Meanings 1. Knowledge of events before they take place. ## Examples - God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. ## Synonyms - clairvoyance - divination - foreknowledge - foresight - precognition - premonition - prophecy - psychicness ## Related Forms - prescient - prescientific - protoscience - protoscientific ## Etymology Inherited from Middle English prescience, from Old French prescience, from Latin praescientia. ## Topics - Science & Research markdown