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Definition of prognostication - 3 dictionary results

prog⋅nos⋅ti⋅ca⋅tion

  [prog-nos-ti-key-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of prognosticating.
2. a forecast or prediction.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME pronosticacion < ML prognōsticātiōn- (s. of prognōsticātiō). See prognosticate, -ion
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prog·nos·ti·cate   (prŏg-nŏs'tĭ-kāt')   
tr.v.   prog·nos·ti·cat·ed, prog·nos·ti·cat·ing, prog·nos·ti·cates

  1. To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell. See Synonyms at predict.

  2. To foreshadow; portend: urban renewal that prognosticates a social and cultural renaissance.


[Middle English pronosticaten, from Medieval Latin prognōsticāre, prognōsticāt-, from Latin prognōsticum, sign of the future, from Greek prognōstikon, from neuter of prognōstikos, foreknowing; see prognostic.]
prog·nos'ti·ca'tion n., prog·nos'ti·ca'tive adj., prog·nos'ti·ca'tor n.
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Word Origin & History

prognostication 
1432, from O.Fr. pronosticacion (14c.), from M.L. prognosticationem (nom. prognosticatio), from prognosticatus, pp. of prognosticare "foretell," from L. prognostica "sign to forecast weather," from neuter plural of Gk. prognostikos "foreknowing," from progignoskein (see prognosis).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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