'Prognostication' definitions:

Definition of 'prognostication'

(from WordNet)
noun
A sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
noun
A statement made about the future [syn: prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication]
noun
Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) [syn: prophecy, prognostication, vaticination]

Definition of 'Prognostication'

From: GCIDE
  • Prognostication \Prog*nos`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. prognostication.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which foreshows; a foretoken. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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