'Prescient' definitions:
Definition of 'prescient'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
Definition of 'Prescient'
From: 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]