April 23, 2020 - Prognosticate

Word of the Day

Prognosticate

Pronunciation

[prog-nos-ti-keyt]

Part of speech

Verb

Origin

Middle English, 1375-1425

Definition(s)

1. Used with object
   1. To forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
   2. To foretoken; presage
      1. Birds prognosticating spring
2. Used without object
   1. To make a forecast; prophesy

Used in a sentence

1. Palm readers claim to prognosticate your major life events based on the lines in your palm.
2. Meteorologists prognosticate the weather from one day to the next.

Antonyms & Synonyms

• Synonyms
  • Augur
  • Call
  • Forecast
  • Foretell
  • Predict
  • Presage
  • Prophesy
  • Read
  • Vaticinate

Did you know?

Prognosticate, which comes from the Greek prognōstikos (foretelling), first appeared in English during the 15th century. Since that time, prognosticate has been connected with things that give omens or warnings of events to come and with people who can prophesy or predict the future by such signs. Shakespeare used the prophesy sense of prognosticate in the sonnet that begins Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck:

"From thine eyes my knowledge I derive,

And constant stars in them I read such art

...of thee this I prognosticate,

Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date."