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UK
/pɹˌɒɡnəstɪkˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /pɹɑɡˌnɑstəˈkeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /pɹɑɡˌnɑstəˈkeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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a sign of something about to happen
he looked for an omen before going into battle - a statement made about the future
- knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
How To Use prognostication In A Sentence
- Better still, stick to facts if your prognostications are prone to throw gas on a fire of rumor-mongering and doomsaying.
- Ever since, my prognostications seemed wrong.
- Around this time in every midterm election cycle, the vultures of political prognostication begin hovering over incumbents in trouble.
- Was this the case of premature prognostication?
- Dinesh: [i] also, understand, that [the liberal] 's record of prognostication is shot. your credibility has been compromised by your sheer partisanship. Sound Politics: Gnashing of Democratic Teeth Begins
- The restoration of the handsome houses surrounding the square in the years since Samuel's dire prognostication is a heartening instance of a glorious architectural and sociological renaissance.
- I'm not in the business of prognostication, so, I don't know what the history books will say.
- Experts scurried to explain their errant prognostications, which had asserted that the race would be too close to call.
- RE #205 An astute prognostication, Steven, and remarkable timing steven mosher Atlantic Hurricane Track Versions « Climate Audit
- True, but vacuous, weasel-worded, fact-free, faux-expert prognostications by contemptible establishmentarian hacks rank pretty low on the list of charities I donate to. Matthew Yglesias » Staggeringly Off-the-Mark Forecasts of European Economic Preeminence