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PROGNOSTICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
Synonyms:
prognostication; prophecy; vaticination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prognostication" is a kind of...):
anticipation; prediction; prevision (the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prognostication"):
crystal gazing (staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events)
divination; foretelling; fortune telling; soothsaying (the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means)
Derivation:
prognosticate (make a prediction about; tell in advance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A statement made about the future
Synonyms:
forecasting; foretelling; prediction; prognostication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prognostication" is a kind of...):
statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prognostication"):
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)
forecast; prognosis (a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop)
divination; prophecy (a prediction uttered under divine inspiration)
Derivation:
prognosticate (make a prediction about; tell in advance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A sign of something about to happen
Example:
he looked for an omen before going into battle
Synonyms:
omen; portent; presage; prodigy; prognostic; prognostication
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("prognostication" is a kind of...):
augury; foretoken; preindication; sign (an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prognostication"):
auspice (a favorable omen)
foreboding (an unfavorable omen)
death knell (an omen of death or destruction)
Derivation:
prognosticate (indicate, as with a sign or an omen)
