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the act of foretelling or predicting future events
The almanac was full of weather prognostication for the coming year.
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· the act of foretelling or...
predictionforecastprophecydivinationauguryforetellingprognosis
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Etymology
From Middle French prognostication, from Late Latin prognosticationem, from prognosticare ('to foretell'), ultimately from Ancient Greek prognōstikos, from progignōskein ('to know beforehand').
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