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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb prognosticate has 2 senses
- prognosticate(v = verb.communication) anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, promise - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" is one way to guess, hazard, pretend, venture
- prognosticate(v = verb.communication) augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" is one way to bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Derived forms noun prognosis1, noun prognostication3, noun prognostication2, adjective prognosticative1, noun prognosticator1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derived forms noun prognosis1, noun prognostication1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
prognosticate, v. t. [See Prognostic.].
To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke. [1913 Webster]
"I neither will nor can prognosticate
To the young gaping heir his father's fate." [1913 Webster]
To the young gaping heir his father's fate." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
prognosticate, v.tr.
1 (often foll. by that + clause) foretell; foresee; prophesy.
2 (of a thing) betoken; indicate (future events etc.).
1 (often foll. by that + clause) foretell; foresee; prophesy.
2 (of a thing) betoken; indicate (future events etc.).
Derivative
prognosticable adj. prognostication n. prognosticative adj. prognosticator n. prognosticatory adj.
Etymology
med.L prognosticare (as PROGNOSTIC)
THESAURUS
prognosticate
adumbrate, announce, augur, bet, betoken, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, forebode, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, fortune-tell, gamble, guess, harbinger, hariolate, herald, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy, make book, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prophesy, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future, risk, signal, soothsay, speculate, take a chance, tell fortunes, tell the future, vaticinateROGET THESAURUS
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Prediction
VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.
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