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presentiment

[ pri-zen-tuh-muhnt ]

noun

  1. a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something evil; foreboding.


presentiment

/ prɪˈzɛntɪmənt /

noun

  1. a sense of something about to happen; premonition
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • pre·senti·mental adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of presentiment1

1705–15; < French, now obsolete spelling of pressentiment. See pre-, sentiment
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Word History and Origins

Origin of presentiment1

C18: from obsolete French, from pressentir to sense beforehand; see pre- , sentiment
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Example Sentences

He did not take his new work seriously, although he had no presentiment of his future destiny.

Then, with a swift, nervous presentiment, he turned quickly around towards the man who had been standing in the shadows.

He was running and making much noise, and I had a presentiment that something very evil had happened.

Whence comes this species of secret presentiment which is never wrong in its appreciation?

Even I had no presentiment,' added Anna with a bitter smile, as though reproaching herself for it.

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