Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prognostication

/pɹɑɡnˌɑstəkˈeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: prog-nos-ti-ca-tion
IPA: /pɹɑɡnˌɑstəkˈeɪʃən/

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An omen.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Today is that most sacred of American holidays. A day when people from all walks of life set aside their differences and focus their undivided attention on the prognostication abilities of a subterranean rodent."
"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."
"The fever death-rate in May and June was abnormally high, a sure prognostication of the coming storm."

Etymology

From Old French pronosticacion, from Medieval Latin prognosticatio.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: pronosticacion, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

prognostications (plural)

Derived Forms

misprognostication neuroprognostication

Synonyms

prophecy vaticination prediction foretelling forecasting omen portent presage prognostic prodigy

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce prognostication?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɑɡnˌɑstəkˈeɪʃən/.
What does prognostication mean?: A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.
Where does prognostication come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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