prognostication : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prognostication	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for prognostication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prognostication n a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" Synonym(s): omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy a statement made about the future Synonym(s): prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) Synonym(s): prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prognostication \Prognos`tica"tion\, n. [Cf. F. prognostication.] 1. The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction. 2. That which foreshows; a foretoken. --Shak.