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prognostication

[ prog-nos-ti-key-shuhn ]

/ prɒgˌnɒs tɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of prognosticating.

a forecast or prediction.

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Origin of prognostication

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

Words nearby prognostication

prognathous, prognose, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticate, prognostication, prognostic chart, progradation, prograde, Prograf, program

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Example sentences from the Web for prognostication

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

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