What does prognostication mean?
Prognostication means A statement about or prior knowledge of the future..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A statement about or prior knowledge of the future..
She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.
Today is that most sacred of American holidays. A day when people from all walks of life set aside their differences and focus their undivided attention on the prognostication abilities of a subterranean rodent.
Use prognostication when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prognostication means A statement about or prior knowledge of the future..
Common synonyms include vaticination, prophecy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.
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