NOUN | event | prognostication, omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prodigy | a sign of something about to happen |
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communication | prognostication, prediction, foretelling, forecasting | a statement made about the future | |
cognition | prognostication, prophecy, vaticination | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) |
Sounds | praagnaa.stahkey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A sign of something about to happen. | |
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Synonyms | omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prodigy | |
Narrower | auspice | A favorable omen |
death knell | An omen of death or destruction | |
foreboding | An unfavorable omen | |
Broader | augury, sign, foretoken, preindication | An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come |
Spanish | agüero, anuncio, augurio, auspicio, premonición, presagio, pronóstico | |
Catalan | anunci, auguri, averany, premonició, presagi, prodigi, senyal | |
Verbs | prognosticate | indicate by signs |
Meaning | A statement made about the future. | |
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Synonyms | prediction, foretelling, forecasting | |
Narrower | extropy | The prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe |
fortunetelling | The practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) | |
horoscope | A prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets | |
meteorology, weather forecasting | predicting what the weather will be | |
prognosis, forecast | A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop | |
prophecy, divination | A prediction uttered under divine inspiration | |
Broader | statement | A message that is stated or declared |
Spanish | predicción, pronosticación, pronóstico | |
Catalan | predicció, pronosticació, pronòstic | |
Verbs | prognosticate | make a prediction about |
Meaning | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source). | |
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Synonyms | prophecy, vaticination | |
Narrower | crystal gazing | staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events |
divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling | The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | |
Broader | prediction, anticipation, prevision | The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) |
Spanish | predicción, pronosticación, vaticinio | |
Catalan | profecia | |
Verbs | prognosticate | make a prediction about |
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