A priori

[Sarah]

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deducesconsequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or whichinfers effects from causes previously known; deductive ordeductively. The reverse of a posteriori.

[Marquetta]

[know] [shit] before you [see] shit

[Greta]

relating to an argument that suggests the probable effects of a known cause, or using general principles to suggest likely effects: