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How to pronounce “prescient”

“prescient” is pronounced /ˈpɹɛsiənt/ (PRE-see-uhnt) in American English and /pɹiːsiənt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “pɹɛ”.
The sound

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prescient

/ˈpɹɛsiənt/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /pɹiːsiənt/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

3 beats
  1. pɹɛpɹɛstress
  2. sisi
  3. əntənt
IPA (American)
/ˈpɹɛsiənt/
IPA (British)
/pɹiːsiənt/
Respelling
PRE-see-uhnt
Syllables
3 — PɹƐ-si-ənt
Stress
Stress the first syllable: PɹƐ-si-ənt. “pɹɛ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
adjective
Difficulty
Legend — spelling and sound part company here
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ˈpɹɛsiənt/

British

/pɹiːsiənt/

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Meaning

What “prescient” means

  1. adjective

    perceiving the significance of events before they occur; -R.H.Rovere

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

Say it in a sentence

“Her prescient warning about the roof saved us hundreds.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

7 sounds, in the order you say them
ppɹrɛshort essɪəearnntt

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Questions

“prescient”, answered

How do you pronounce “prescient”?

“prescient” is pronounced /ˈpɹɛsiənt/ (PRE-see-uhnt) in American English and /pɹiːsiənt/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “pɹɛ”. Build it as PɹƐ-si-ənt, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “prescient” have?

3: pɹɛ · si · ənt. The beat lands on the first, “pɹɛ”.

Is “prescient” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˈpɹɛsiənt/ (PRE-see-uhnt); British English says /pɹiːsiənt/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “prescient” mean?

As an adjective: perceiving the significance of events before they occur; -R.H.Rovere For example: “extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations”

Where is the stress in “prescient”?

Stress the first syllable: PɹƐ-si-ənt. “pɹɛ” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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