Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or prognosticating, foretelling, or foreshowing future events by present signs; a presage; a prediction.
- n. That which foreshows or foretells; a sign.
- n. Synonyms Prophecy, etc. See prediction.
Wiktionary
- n. A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.
- n. That which foreshows; a foretoken.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a statement made about the future
- n. a sign of something about to happen
- n. knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
Examples
“The problem with your prognostication is that there is no evidence to indicate that whatsoever.”
Think Progress » Palin says her favorite founding father is ‘all of them.’
“Democrats, if all the political prognostication is accurate, are the ones likely to be swallowed up.”
“He had a very low opinion of the Tizimin group, the most historical of the chronicles: "The whole scheme of prognostication is so mangled and so full of errors that it is next to meaningless.”
“So here's today's exercise in prognostication: what will be the visual artistic style that history will glue to the current era of new music, post-minimalism, non-pop, the new eclecticism, whatever you want to call it?”
“First rule of box office prognostication is that it's a lot easier to predict [a film's] potential after you've seen it.”
“Dinesh: [i] also, understand, that [the liberal] 's record of prognostication is shot. your credibility has been compromised by your sheer partisanship.”
“However, misguided wishful thinking has made the long-term prognostication considerably worse than necessary.”
“Perhaps his prognostication was a calculated motivational tool to light a fire under his teammates.”
“The results reflect the inherent uncertainty of economic prognostication, which is less about predicting the future than about identifying the current trends and plotting the path the economy will take if those trends continue.”
“It is true that when you eliminate Rudy from consideration, and try to envisage a more plausible nominee from the current GOP field ... it becomes a very difficult exercise in prognostication.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘prognostication’.
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September/October 2011
excogitate, extrapolate, infer, imply, theorize, hypothesize, propose, propound, explicate, elucidate, prognostication, construe and 3 more...
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Words for July
Words to keep in mind for July. The 1st is my birthday. I'll be 30 and pretty much starting my life over from scratch. Hopefully these words will help me on my way.
love, honor, trust, respect, understanding, forgiveness, compassion, empathy, thoughtful, dignity, reliance, hope and 12 more...
the_word_is_what This one has a lovely etymology I'm sure. I can recognize most of it from my two years of Latin. (Pro=before, nosti=nostere, to know) Jul 8, 2008
yarb Out of the surgeries in this Georgian street, and similar streets in similar cities, some of us issue daily, bearing the ghastly prognostications.
- Peter Reading, C, 1984 Jul 4, 2008