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[ pree-muh-nish-uhn, prem-uh- ] / ˌpri məˈnɪʃ ən, ˌprɛm ə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR premonition ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger. a forewarning. Origin of premonition1425–75; late Middle English premunicioun (cf. praemunire) <Late Latin praemonitiōn- (stem of praemonitiō) forewarning. See pre-, monition SYNONYMS FOR premonition1 foreboding, portent, omen, sign. SEE SYNONYMS FOR premonition ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby premonitionpremium loan, Premium Savings Bonds, premix, premolar, premonish, premonition, premonitory, premonocyte, Premonstratensian, premorbid, premorse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for premonitionOne night, when her daughter, Sarah Dawn Ray, called, the two women had a premonition that the situation could soon turn violent. Under Obama, a Breakdown in the Death Benefits Owed to Veterans|Aaron Glantz|May 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST An accident victim named Johnny Smith wakes from a coma with a skill at premonition. Stephen L. Carter’s Book Bag: 5 Best Presidential Thrillers|Stephen L. Carter|July 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST From the moment the Tea Party emerged on the scene, I had a premonition that I would eventually have to leave the GOP. Goodbye GOP|David Frum|June 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST But I am shocked how these new rumors have been codified into a kind of collective South African premonition. Will the World Cup Start a Riot?|Gretchen L. Wilson|June 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Maybe Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige had a premonition. Inside Scientology's Big Defection|Kim Masters|November 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST He had a premonition, too, and very thoughtfully left me a letter of recommendation. The Book of Gud|Dan Spain I was driven to emphasis by the premonition that I was to lose one of the dollars on the spot. Why should she feel like this with the goal so near at last, unless from a premonition that all her efforts were useless? Sacrifice|Stephen French Whitman Some flash of portent, some premonition born of instinct, warned her with a clearness that was blinding. Ewing\\'s Lady|Harry Leon Wilson The whole short story is based, as it were, upon his premonition of coming greatness. Anatole France|Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
British Dictionary definitions for premonition
nounan intuition of a future, usually unwelcome, occurrence; foreboding an early warning of a future event; forewarning Derived forms of premonitionpremonitory (prɪˈmɒnɪtərɪ, -trɪ), adjectiveWord Origin for premonitionC16: from Late Latin praemonitiō, from Latin praemonēre to admonish beforehand, from prae before + monēre to warn, advise Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to premonitionforeboding, hunch, omen, portent, intuition, apprehension, idea, misgiving, sign, warning, suspicion, feeling, presage, forewarning, presentiment, vibrations, vibes, winds, apprehensiveness, worriment |