premonition C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən/ UK /ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a strong feeling that something, often unpleasant, is about to happen She had a premonition that the trip would end badly. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a strong feeling that... forebodingpresentimentintuitionhunchportentforewarningmisgiving Word family Related forms premonitorymonitionadmonish Etymology AI details From Middle French premonition, from Late Latin praemonitio ('a forewarning'), from praemonere ('to warn beforehand'), from prae- ('before') + monere ('to warn'). praemonitio Latin monere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # premonition **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən/ ## Meanings 1. a strong feeling that something, often unpleasant, is about to happen ## Examples - She had a premonition that the trip would end badly. ## Synonyms - foreboding - presentiment - intuition - hunch - portent - forewarning - misgiving ## Related Forms - premonitory - monition - admonish ## Roots and Affixes - Root: praemonitio - Root: monere ## Etymology From Middle French premonition, from Late Latin praemonitio ('a forewarning'), from praemonere ('to warn beforehand'), from prae- ('before') + monere ('to warn'). ## AI Etymology Premonition is from Middle French premonition, from Late Latin praemonitio ('a forewarning'), from praemonere ('to warn beforehand'), from prae- ('before') + monere ('to warn'). Important recorded forms include praemonitio (Latin) and monere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a strong feeling that something, often unpleasant, is about to happen. The wider family includes related words such as premonitory, monition, and admonish. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown