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prognostication

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

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From Old French pronosticacion, from Medieval Latin prognosticatio.

noun prognostications

  1. countable, uncountable A statement about or prior knowledge of the future. She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.
  2. countable, dated, uncountable An omen. But if there appears only one single flame, they call it Helena, and look upon it as a prognostication of certain ruin to those that are out at Sea.

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noun A statement about or prior knowledge of the future

日本語予言 yogen, 予知 yochi
中文預測 /预测 yùcè, 預言 /预言 yùyán, 預兆 /预兆 yùzhào, 預知 /预知 yùzhī
Françaispronostication

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"prognostication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prognostication. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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prognostication. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prognostication

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"prognostication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prognostication.

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@misc{prognostication_2026,
  title = {prognostication},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prognostication},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}