prognostication

[ prog-nos-ti-key-shuh n ]

/ prɒgˌnɒs tɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

a forecast or prediction.

Words nearby prognostication

1350–1400; Middle English pronosticacion < Medieval Latin prognōsticātiōn- (stem of prognōsticātiō). See prognosticate, -ion

This is crunch time for folks in the prognostication business.
Stu Rothenberg: Florida Holds Key to the Election|Howard Kurtz|November 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Numerous swims in that lake have weakened this prognostication.
Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II|W. P. Haskett Smith
The gardener's prognostication about the weather had been verified: it had turned to heat—heavy, misty, vaporous, 257 dull heat.
The Dead Secret|Wilkie Collins
We cannot get any sort of a prognostication from our usually very opinionated Sporting Editor.
The Beaver, Vol. I, No. 4, January 1921|Hudson's Bay Company

At Rome,” Montaigne tells us, “a large sum of money was lost on the Change by this prognostication of our ruin.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7|Various
This prognostication was doomed to a terrible disappointment, for the voyage nearly ended in the Agamemnon turning turtle.
The Story of The Atlantic Cable|Charles Bright