prescient

Etymology

From Latin praescire (“know beforehand”), from prae + scire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛsɪənt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛ.ʃənt/

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Adjective

prescient (comparative more prescient, superlative most prescient)

1. Having knowledge of events before they take place; possessing or exhibiting prescience.
   • 2018 January 28, Dafydd Pritchard, “Cardiff City 1 - 1 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Warnock described City as the best team in Europe in the build-up to this match and joked that his players had been preparing for the game - and City's inevitable dominance - by training without a ball.
     It proved to be a prescient quip, as the home side had to toil for long periods, struggling to lay a glove on their stylish opponents.

Anagrams

• 'prentices, in respect, inspecter, prentices, reinspect