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US
/ˌpɹɑɡˈnɑstəˌkeɪt/
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[ UK /pɹəɡnˈɒstɪkˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /pɹəɡnˈɒstɪkˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
make a prediction about; tell in advance
Call the outcome of an election -
indicate, as with a sign or an omen
These signs bode bad news
How To Use prognosticate In A Sentence
- “And did the candle prognosticate, I mean foreshow his death?” Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery
- Ms. Patton did not want to prognosticate how much she thought the gown could go far. Taking to the Runway
- What makes it worse is that these transient events are then used to prognosticate the future.
- This hypothesis should be re-examined and verified in a much larger cohort before it is used to prognosticate and manage patients.
- One of the most distressing developments in journalism is this need to "prognosticate" the reaction of others. Howard Dean: Party Elders All Agree Race Shouldn't Go To Convention
- The sonograms, which prognosticated a boy, were wrong.
- Evolutionism is much more an inlook into those who prognosticate it than any insight into the past. Latest Articles
- Rather than reminisce or prognosticate, I thought I'd toss out my list of Web service needs in the form of a holiday wish list.
- The astronomical clock served not only to regularly imitate the natural motion of the sun and the heavens but also to prognosticate state affairs.
- Such a whistlestop tour does not remotely qualify me to prognosticate on China's grander questions.
