Prognosticate

  • 11prognosticate — prognosticative, prognosticatory /prog nos ti keuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. prognosticator, n. /prog nos ti kayt /, v., prognosticated, prognosticating. v.t. 1. to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy …

    Universalium

  • 12prognosticate — To give a prognosis. SYN: prognose. * * * prog·nos·ti·cate präg näs tə .kāt vt, cat·ed; cat·ing to make a prognosis about the probable outcome of prog·nos·ti·ca·tion .näs tə kā shən n * * * prog·nos·ti·cate (prog nosґtĭ kāt) to forecast …

    Medical dictionary

  • 13prognosticate — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, announce, augur, bet, betoken, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, forebode, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, fortune tell, gamble, guess, harbinger …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 14prognosticate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. prophesy, foretell, augur, predict. See prediction. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference:… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 15prognosticate — prog|nos|ti|cate [ prag nastı,keıt ] verb transitive VERY FORMAL to say what you think will happen in the future ╾ prog|nos|ti|ca|tion [ prag,nastı keıʃn ] noun count or uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16prognosticate — prog·nos·ti·cate || prÉ‘g nÉ‘stɪkeɪt /prÉ’g nÉ’ v. diagnose; divine, prophesy, presage; foresee, predict, foretell …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 17prognosticate — verb foretell; prophesy. Derivatives prognostication noun prognosticator noun prognosticatory adjective …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 18prognosticate — v. a. 1. Foretell, predict, prophesy. 2. Foreshadow, indicate, portend, augur, foreshow, foretoken, betoken, forebode, presage …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 19prognosticate — verb (T) to say what will happen, or to be a sign of what will happen prognostication noun (C, U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20prognosticate — v 1. predict, prophesy, forecast. See predict(def. 1). 2. foreshadow, presage, portend, forebode. See predict (def. 2) …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder