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clairvoyant

adj
/ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/UK/ˌklɛɹˈvɔɪ.ənt/US

Etymology

From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).

  1. derived from clairvoyant

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.

    • Then there is the very large class of casual clairvoyant visions which have no traceable cause — which are apparently quite meaningless, and have no recognizable relation to any events known to the seer.

  2. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.

  3. Able to foresee the future.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Having great insight

      Having great insight; sagacious.

      • …his vision of the future so far-reaching and clairvoyant as that of many who have lived before him and since…

    2. Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the…

      Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.

    3. A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses

    4. A person able to foresee the future

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Derived

clairvoyantly, nonclairvoyant, semiclairvoyant, clairvoyante

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA