prognostication

noun prog·nos·ti·ca·tion \ (ˌ)präg-ˌnä-stə-ˈkā-shən \

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Examples: prognostication in a Sentence

Definition of prognostication

1 : an indication in advance : foretoken

2 a : an act, the fact, or the power of prognosticating : forecast

b : foreboding

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Examples of prognostication in a Sentence

the complete fulfillment of his prognostication surprised even him
at the sight of the brooding mansion, her prognostications of ill fortune grew stronger

Recent Examples of prognostication from the Web

Things will get complicated when last year's starter Tuf Borland returns from his Achilles injury, which could be as early as September according to optimistic prognostications.

— bill landis, cleveland.com, "Ohio State football defensive depth chart projection: Post-spring 2018," 24 Apr. 2018
The Mountaineers were picked to win the game by ESPN GameDay announcers Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams, who made that prognostication during the 10 a.m. GameDay special at the fieldhouse.

— gary bedore, kansascity, "Udoka Azubuike comes through with monster game in KU’s 77-69 win over West Virginia," 17 Feb. 2018
Now, keep in mind this prognostication was made and went to press way before Ohio State graduate transfer quarterback Joe Burrow decided to transfer to LSU.

— ron higgins, NOLA.com, "Athlon Magazine picks LSU to finish in back half of SEC's Western Division," 23 May 2018
Despite the theatrics, the Republicans' political prognostications in 1993 were right.

— alex daugherty and david smiley, miamiherald, "One year ago Carlos Curbelo tried to repeal Obamacare. Democrats aren't forgetting | Miami Herald," 4 May 2018
Such are the pronouncements, prognostications and thunderings of a blizzard of annual reports issued this time of year by a cottage industry of trend-spotters.

— the washington post, OregonLive.com, "High-end Oregon wines enjoy boom," 29 Jan. 2018
More recently, some of those prognostications are changing as Mueller's team continues to bring back witnesses for follow-up interviews, and in some cases for testimony before a Washington, DC, grand jury.

— evan perez, CNN, "Hot Pockets, mismatched chairs and a critical mission: Inside year one of the Mueller investigation," 17 May 2018
The Giants are, perhaps, the most difficult team to forecast in the top 5, and the prognostications only grew more difficult after today’s trade that sent the Giants’ star pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul to Tampa Bay.

— stephen holder, Indianapolis Star, "Insider: How the Giants' trade will affect who the Colts can take with the No. 6 pick," 22 Mar. 2018
Also in the movie, Murray and MacDowell drink to world peace; so after the prognostication, the community offers an early morning toast to world peace.

— christopher borrelli, chicagotribune.com, "Woodstock celebrates 25 years of living 'Groundhog Day' over and over," 2 Feb. 2018

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