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US
/ˌpɹɑɡˈnɑstəˌkeɪt/
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[ UK /pɹəɡnˈɒstɪkˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /pɹəɡnˈɒstɪkˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
make a prediction about; tell in advance
Call the outcome of an election -
indicate, as with a sign or an omen
These signs bode bad news
How To Use prognosticate In A Sentence
- The ability of predictors of survival to prognosticate in individual patients is, of course, limited.
- The sonograms, which prognosticated a boy, were wrong.
- This is the most compelling matchup of the third round and the most difficult to prognosticate.
- It is too difficult to prognosticate how powerful the president will or won't be.
- It's so much like your front page poll questions that seek to have people prognosticate on one issue or another as if they have any clue! CNN Poll: Americans say Obama respected by world leaders
- It looks like Rivers is doing just fine, but again, I think this serves as an admonishment to people (like me) who think they can prognosticate. Matthew Yglesias » The Unpredictability of Quarterbacks
- The Bayh run idea is a classic case of a fantastical, ideologically-driven narrative which is then used to prognosticate future events. Matthew Yglesias » Bayh for President!
- At this stage it is impossible to prognosticate whether these issues will be satisfactorily settled over the next years and decades or whether they will lead to a new era of discord and disintegration.
- Secondly , an algorithm of replication placement policy is proposed depending on prognosticate mechanism.
- The grade, size and depth of the sarcomas are the important factors to prognosticate the disease.