prognostication
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9.3
- noun
- /prɒɡˌnɒstɪˈkeɪʃən/
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pronóstico
- The poet's gloomy prognostication is in direct contrast to the hopeful sentiments just expressed by both parties.
- difficulty in prognostication
The answers to these questions about the future may not require much prognostication.
- The answers to these questions about the future may not require much prognostication.
- Nor do I suspect, and I don't do political prognostication, that there is any way in hell he could actually win a national election.
Examples
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Thus, the essence of my prognostication came true much more quickly than I had imagined.
Academic text (1992) -
The Masters of the Universe, whose prognostications gave us 2008, evidently haven't gotten any more numerate.
Blog text (20) -
And in the case of the history of social scientific prognostication, error is perhaps the greater part of human nature.
Academic text (1995) -
So I'm pretty good at the prognostication.
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Groundhog Day, the only, the only holiday related to the prognostication associated with the weather.
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The Oracle of Economists is indeed right in its prognostication that all is fine and delightful!
Blog text (34) -
His visions and prognostications have proven accurate time and again.
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So we've reached the midway point of the 2012 season, and the preseason prognostications can finally be assessed.
Blog text (20) -
The scientist's accurate prognostication about the comet's path amazed everyone in the room.
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Many economic analysts made bold prognostications about market trends for the coming year.
Synonyms
425
3.3
A chance that something will happen in the future
375
2.6
A guess about what will happen in the future based on facts or signs
142
6.2
A statement that predicts the future and comes from someone who says they know it
137
4.4
An estimate of a future result based on past and present data
55
7.2
A prediction of how a disease or situation will turn out
18
3.7
Saying what will happen in the future using information
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6.8
To say what will happen in the future
A prediction of future events said to come from a god
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
prognostication = prognosticate (semi-transparent) = pro + gnost + ation
The noun is formed by the regular verb-to-noun derivation ('prognosticate' + '-ation'), a straightforward suffixation.
Etymology
The word prognostication comes from Greek parts pro- 'before' and gnosis 'knowledge', like the English verb 'know'. So a prognostication is literally 'knowing before', which is why it means a prediction about the future.