premonition

noun pre·mo·ni·tion \ ˌprē-mə-ˈni-shən , ˌpre- \

|Updated on: 14 Jul 2018

Examples: premonition in a Sentence

Definition of premonition

1 : previous notice or warning : forewarning

2 : anticipation of an event without conscious reason : presentiment

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Examples of premonition in a Sentence

She had a premonition that he would call.
she had a premonition that her cat would somehow get hurt that day

Recent Examples of premonition from the Web

Anodyne still lifes and depopulated landscapes curdle into premonitions of disaster.

— jason farago, New York Times, "Walk Through This Exhibition With Dread. You Know Where It Leads.," 5 Apr. 2018
In the decade since China’s first successful anti-satellite missile test, Shelton’s premonition has largely come true: Everything has changed in space.

— garrett m. graff, WIRED, "The New Arms Race Threatening to Explode in Space," 26 June 2018
Alvarez rendered my reality a little more tangible by putting it in words, but more than validation, the book proved to be premonition.

— New York Times, "In Praise of Julia Alvarez," 20 June 2018
Definitely no premonitions of leaving Texas Tech after only one college season.

— brendan marks, charlotteobserver, "Barely 19, Zhaire Smith has 'surprised' in NBA workouts. Could Hornets take a gamble?," 14 June 2018
Faced with haunting premonitions that his secret wife, Padmé Amidala, is going to die, Anakin Skywalker is seduced by the dark side, turning against his master Obi-Won and helping to topple the Jedi.

— jevon phillips, latimes.com, "Following 'Star Wars': From 'Phantom Menace' to 'The Last Jedi'," 16 May 2018
Speaking exclusively to the Independent ahead of the return fixture in the semi finals, at Wanda Metropolitano, Partey revealed how Simeone conducted drills of 10 vs 11 in what some fans will joke was a premonition due to the outcome of the game.

— SI.com, "Atletico Star Reveals How Simeone's Incredible Training Prediction Paid Off Ahead of Arsenal Clash," 2 May 2018
There can be no concept of peace without the reality of rough and warring nations, no sense of the forever without the premonition of death.

— mark swed, latimes.com, "The L.A. Phil's Bernstein and Beethoven peace project," 20 Apr. 2018
The season 10 finale also had the agents trying to stop a global contagion from wiping out the majority of the population; the season eleven premiere revealed that was Scully's shared premonition with her MIA son, William about what was to come.

— marisa roffman, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The X-Files' Finale: Can William Survive His Reunion With Mulder and Scully?," 8 Mar. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of premonition

Middle English premunition, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin premunition-, premunitio, alteration of Late Latin praemonitio, from Latin praemonēre to warn in advance, from prae- + monēre to warn — more at mind

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First Known Use: 15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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