# prescience

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹɛsɪ.əns/ · frequency rank #84,629

## Definitions
1. Knowledge of events before they take place.
2. Knowledge of events before they take place.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English prescience, from Old French prescience, from Latin praescientia.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/prescience