| NOUN | cognition | vaticination, prophecy, prognostication | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) |
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| Meaning | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source). | |
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| Synonyms | prophecy, prognostication | |
| 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 | vaticinate | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration |
| vaticinate | foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy | |
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