"prognostication" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prognostications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Old French pronosticacion, from Medieval Latin prognosticatio. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|pronosticacion}} Old French pronosticacion, {{der|en|la-med|-}} Medieval Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prognostication (countable and uncountable, plural prognostications)
  1. A statement about or prior knowledge of the future. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (A statement about or prior knowledge of the future): 預測 /预测 (yùcè) (Chinese Mandarin), 預言 /预言 (yùyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 預兆 /预兆 (yùzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 預知 /预知 (yùzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), ennustus (Finnish), varoitus (Finnish), pronostication [feminine] (French), 予言 (yogen) (alt: よげん) (Japanese), 予知 (yochi) (alt: よち) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-prognostication-en-noun-Q9jhpz5I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'A statement about or prior knowledge of the future': 99 1
  2. (dated) An omen. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-prognostication-en-noun-g9J6W9uc Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: misprognostication, neuroprognostication

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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