prognostication

[ prog-nos-ti-key-shuh n ]

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nounprediction

Synonyms for prognostication

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forecast

noun. prediction, often of weather or business

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from Old French pronosticacion (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin *prognosticationem (nominative prognosticatio), noun of action from past participle stem of prognosticare "foretell," from Latin prognostica "sign to forecast weather," from neuter plural of Greek prognostikos "foreknowing," from progignoskein (see prognosis).

Example Sentences forprognostication

The doctor's prognostication in reference to the weather was speedily verified.

It was in the hands of God, and prognostication could only be vain and unprofitable.

The prognostication of my friend had proved emphatically false.

“Edna will be all right with me to-morrow,” she said to herself; and she was right in her prognostication.

And it was not long before their prognostication was verified.

Time only can show whether there is any truth in this prognostication.

All three now looked through the hole to test the truth of the prognostication.

Numerous swims in that lake have weakened this prognostication.

What has he done which justifies so melancholy a prognostication?

This prognostication, it appears, caused Durand Lassois to reflect.

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