prescient

1. 1.

   perceiving the significance of events before they occur

   “extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations”

   Similardiscerning

Questions about prescient

What does prescient mean?

prescient means "perceiving the significance of events before they occur".

How many syllables are in prescient?

prescient has 3 syllables: pres-ci-ent. The stress falls on "pres". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɛsiənt/.

Is prescient a common word?

prescient is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.