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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "presciente"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "hellsichtig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "vorausschauend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "vorausahnend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "vorherwissend"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prognōstikós",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "προγνωστικός"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "presciente"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "praescius"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "forutseende"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "presciente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dalʹnovidnyj",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "дальновидный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "presciente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "framsynt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"word": "förutseende"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "peredbačlyvyj",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "передбачливий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "proročyj",
"sense": "exhibiting or possessing prescience",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пророчий"
}
],
"word": "prescient"
}
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