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nounthe act of prognosticating. a forecast or prediction. Origin of prognostication1350–1400; Middle English pronosticacion<Medieval Latin prognōsticātiōn- (stem of prognōsticātiō). See prognosticate, -ion Words nearby prognosticationprognathous, prognose, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticate, prognostication, prognostic chart, progradation, prograde, Prograf, program Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prognosticationThis is crunch time for folks in the prognostication business. Stu Rothenberg: Florida Holds Key to the Election|Howard Kurtz|November 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST Numerous swims in that lake have weakened this prognostication. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II|W. P. Haskett Smith The gardener's prognostication about the weather had been verified: it had turned to heat—heavy, misty, vaporous, 257 dull heat. The Dead Secret|Wilkie Collins We cannot get any sort of a prognostication from our usually very opinionated Sporting Editor. The Beaver, Vol. I, No. 4, January 1921|Hudson's Bay Company
At Rome,” Montaigne tells us, “a large sum of money was lost on the Change by this prognostication of our ruin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7|Various This prognostication was doomed to a terrible disappointment, for the voyage nearly ended in the Agamemnon turning turtle. The Story of The Atlantic Cable|Charles Bright
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