HyperDic: prognosticate

English > 2 senses of the word *prognosticate*:
VERB	communication	prognosticate, predict, foretell, call, forebode, anticipate, promise	make a prediction about
VERB	communication	prognosticate, bode, portend, auspicate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict	indicate by signs

prognosticate > pronunciation
Sounds	praa.gnaa'stahkey.t
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *prognosticate*: 2 senses > verb 1, communication
Meaning	make a prediction about; tell in advance.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Synonyms	predict, foretell, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
Narrower	augur	predict from an omen
	bet, wager	Maintain with or as if with a bet
	forecast, calculate	predict in advance
	prophesy, vaticinate	predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
	read	interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky
	second-guess, outguess	attempt to anticipate or predict
Broader	guess, venture, pretend, hazard	Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Spanish	anticipar, augurar, predecir, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar
Catalan	anticipar, augurar, predir, presagiar, preveure, pronosticar, vaticinar
Adjectives	prognosticative	of or relating to prediction
Nouns	prognosis	a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
	prognostication	knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
	prognostication	a statement made about the future
	prognosticator	someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

English > *prognosticate*: 2 senses > verb 2, communication
Meaning	Indicate by signs.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	bode, portend, auspicate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
Narrower	foreshow	foretell by divine inspiration
Narrower	threaten	To be a menacing indication of something
Broader	bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal	Be a signal for or a symptom of
Spanish	agorar, anunciarse, augurar, predecir, prefigurar, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar
Catalan	augurar, predir, presagiar, pronosticar, vaticinar
Nouns	prognosis	a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
Nouns	prognostication	a sign of something about to happen

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