presentiment

C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /prɪˈzɛntɪmənt/ UK /prɪˈzɛntɪmənt/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a feeling that something, especially something bad, is about to happen

A dark presentiment kept her from boarding the plane.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a feeling that something,... foreboding premonition intuition hunch apprehension misgivingforewarning

Word family

Derived forms presentimental

Related forms sentiment sentient sense

Etymology

From obsolete French presentiment, from Latin prae- ('before') + sentire ('to feel, perceive'). A feeling perceived beforehand.

prae- Latin sentire Latin

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# presentiment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** prɪˈzɛntɪmənt
**IPA (UK):** prɪˈzɛntɪmənt

## Meanings
1. a feeling that something, especially something bad, is about to happen

## Examples
- A dark presentiment kept her from boarding the plane.

## Synonyms
- foreboding
- premonition
- intuition
- hunch
- apprehension
- misgiving
- forewarning

## Derived Forms
- presentimental

## Related Forms
- sentiment
- sentient
- sense

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: prae-
- Root: sentire

## Etymology
From obsolete French presentiment, from Latin prae- ('before') + sentire ('to feel, perceive'). A feeling perceived beforehand.

## AI Etymology
Presentiment is from obsolete French presentiment, from Latin prae- ('before') + sentire ('to feel, perceive'). A feeling perceived beforehand. Important recorded forms include prae- (Latin) and sentire (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 feeling that something, especially something bad, is about to happen. The wider family includes derived forms such as presentimental and related words such as sentiment, sentient, and sense.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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