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View usage for: (prɒgnɒstɪkeɪʃən) Word forms: plural prognosticationsvariable nounA prognostication is a statement about what you think will happen in the future. [formal] The country is currently obsessed with gloomy prognostications about its future. [+ about] Synonyms: prediction, expectation, forecast, speculation More Synonyms of prognostication Examples of 'prognostication' in a sentenceprognostication The country is obsessed with gloomy prognostications about its future. Additional synonymsDefinition the state of expecting or of being expected Sales of the car have far exceeded expectations. Synonyms projection, supposition, assumption, calculation, belief, forecast, assurance, likelihood, probability, presumption, conjecture, surmise, presuppositionDefinition a prediction He delivered his election forecast. Synonyms prediction, projection, anticipation, prognosis, planning, guess, outlook, prophecy, foresight, conjecture, forewarning, forethoughtDefinition any forecast The physiotherapists' prognosis was that he might walk in six months. Synonyms forecast, prediction, diagnosis, expectation, speculation, projection, surmise, prognosticationNearby words ofprognostication - prognosis
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Additional synonymsDefinition a part that juts out the company's sales projections for the next year Synonyms forecast, estimate, reckoning, prediction, calculation, estimation, computation, extrapolation Definition a prediction Nostradamus's prophecy of the end of the world Synonyms prediction, forecast, revelation, prognosis, foretelling, prognostication, augury, sortilege, vaticination (rare) I had published my speculations about the future of the universe. Synonyms theory, opinion, hypothesis, conjecture, guess, consideration, deliberation, contemplation, surmise, guesswork, suppositionDefinition a conclusion based on incomplete or uncertain evidence Her surmise proved correct. Synonyms guess, speculation, assumption, thought, idea, conclusion, notion, suspicion, hypothesis, deduction, inference, presumption, conjecture, supposition |