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单词 prognostication
释义

prognostication

noun

prog·​nos·​ti·​ca·​tion (ˌ)präg-ˌnä-stə-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce prognostication (audio)
1
: an indication in advance : foretoken
2
a
: an act, the fact, or the power of prognosticating : forecast
b
: foreboding

Synonyms

  • auguring
  • augury
  • bodement
  • cast
  • forecast
  • forecasting
  • foretelling
  • predicting
  • prediction
  • presaging
  • prognosis
  • prognostic
  • prognosticating
  • prophecy
  • prophesy
  • soothsaying
  • vaticination
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Example Sentences

the complete fulfillment of his prognostication surprised even him at the sight of the brooding mansion, her prognostications of ill fortune grew stronger
Recent Examples on the Web Others viewed the senator’s words as more threat than prognostication. BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 Otherwise, each prediction that misses the mark however slightly serves only to erode public confidence, not just in prognostication but the entire complex enterprise of pandemic control. Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 For the Pac-12 Hotline, the moment in time offers an opportunity for prognostication, as well. oregonlive, 23 June 2022 Beyond that, though, his prognostication is more foreboding. New York Times, 16 July 2022 Seiichi Kito co-founded the place in 1903 and slipped into each cookie a haiku, not a prognostication. Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022 The stock market is taking a punch to the solar plexus, but the part of the fantasy sports industry dedicated to prognostication about the NFL Draft hasn’t lost a step. Don Yaeger, Forbes, 3 May 2022 So all this prognostication preseason is kind of stupid because injuries will play a key role in teams going down and teams going up in the standings. Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2022 This is what makes prognostication difficult and caretaking so gruelling: in addition to being sad, expensive, and exhausting, being responsible for a sick or aging loved one is also unpredictable. Rachael Bedard, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

prognostication

noun

1
as in prediction
a declaration that something will happen in the future the complete fulfillment of his prognostication surprised even him

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • prediction
  • forecasting
  • predicting
  • forecast
  • prophecy
  • prognosis
  • prognosticating
  • prognostic
  • prophesy
  • foretelling
  • soothsaying
  • presaging
  • augury
  • anticipation
  • cast
  • auguring
  • sign
  • prevision
  • omen
  • harbinger
  • vaticination
  • bodement
  • portent
  • prospectus
  • foreknowledge
  • foresight
  • conjecture
  • guess
  • foreboding
  • surmise
2
as in premonition
a feeling that something bad will happen at the sight of the brooding mansion, her prognostications of ill fortune grew stronger

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • premonition
  • feel
  • presage
  • presentiment
  • fear
  • suspicion
  • worry
  • foreboding
  • anticipation
  • insight
  • intuition
  • anxiety
  • foreknowledge
  • augury
  • omen
  • portent
  • prescience
  • impression
  • apprehensiveness
  • sign
  • perturbation
  • doubt
  • foresight
  • concern
  • apprehension
  • nervousness
  • unease
  • agitation
  • alarm
  • dread
  • uneasiness
  • disquiet
  • alarum
  • anxiousness
  • care
  • misgiving
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