The definition of prescient is knowing what is going to happen before it happens.
(adjective)A fortune teller who can tell the future is an example of someone who is prescient.
See prescient in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin praesciēns, praescient-
Origin: , present participle of praescīre, to know beforehand
Origin: : prae-, pre-
Origin: + scīre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots
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