prognostication

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

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noun

the act of prognosticating.
a forecast or prediction.

Origin of prognostication

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

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Related Words for prognostication

prophecy, prognosis, harbinger, auspice, prognostic, straw, foreboding, augury, sign, forerunner, warning, indication, premonition, writing, presage, portent, foretoken, outlook, hunch

Examples from the Web for prognostication

Contemporary Examples of prognostication

This is crunch time for folks in the prognostication business.
Stu Rothenberg: Florida Holds Key to the Election
Howard Kurtz
November 2, 2012

Historical Examples of prognostication

The doctor's prognostication in reference to the weather was speedily verified.
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens
It was in the hands of God, and prognostication could only be vain and unprofitable.
The Right Stuff
Ian Hay
The prognostication of my friend had proved emphatically false.
The Wild Huntress
Mayne Reid
“Edna will be all right with me to-morrow,” she said to herself; and she was right in her prognostication.
Our Bessie
Rosa Nouchette Carey
And it was not long before their prognostication was verified.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

Word Origin and History for prognostication

late 14c., from Old French pronosticacion (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin *prognosticationem (nominative prognosticatio), noun of action from past participle stem of prognosticare "foretell," from Latin prognostica "sign to forecast weather," from neuter plural of Greek prognostikos "foreknowing," from progignoskein (see prognosis).