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premonition

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pre⋅mo⋅ni⋅tion

  [pree-muh-nish-uhn, prem-uh-]
–noun
1. a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger.
2. a forewarning.
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Origin:
1425–75; late ME premunicioun (cf. praemunire ) < LL praemonitiōn- (s. of praemonitiō) forewarning. See pre-, monition

Synonyms:
1. foreboding, portent, omen, sign.
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pre·mo·ni·tion   (prē'mə-nĭsh'ən, prěm'ə-)   
n.  

  1. A presentiment of the future; a foreboding.

  2. A warning in advance; a forewarning.


[Late Latin praemonitiō, praemonitiōn-, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemonēre, to forewarn : prae-, pre- + monēre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
pre·mon'i·to'ri·ly (-mŏn'ĭ-tôr'ə-lē, -tōr'-) adv., pre·mon'i·to'ry adj.
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premonition 
1456, from Anglo-Fr. premunition, from L.L. præmonitionem (nom. præmonitio) "a forewarning," from L. præmonitius, pp. of præmonere "forewarn," from præ- "before" + monere "to warn" (see monitor).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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