Prognostication
[prɑɡ,nɑstɪ'keʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.
(n.) That which foreshows; a foretoken.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Prognostic.[2]. Augury, prediction, vaticination, prophecy, indication.
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Examples
- Lily heard her fling out as the climax of her prognostications; and Stepney responded, as if struck: Jove, that's an idea. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The plague I am told is in Constantinople, perhaps I have imbibed its effluvia--perhaps disease is the real cause of my prognostications. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She was terribly susceptible to these evil prognostications, but he only shook his head. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We sunk into silence: a silence that drank in the doleful accounts and prognostications of our guest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The next day, contrary to the prognostications of our guides, was fine, although clouded. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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