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Adjective: prescient  pre-sh(ee-)unt or pree-see-unt [N. Amer], pre-see-unt [Brit]
  1. Perceiving the significance of events before they occur
    "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"

See also: discerning

Encyclopedia: Prescient