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Prognosticate (Verb)

Meaning 1

Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • The weather forecast attempted to prognosticate a major storm by the end of the week, urging residents to prepare for the worst.
  • The football analyst tried to prognosticate the outcome of the game based on the previous matches of the teams.
  • She claimed to have psychic powers that allowed her to prognosticate the future with uncanny accuracy.
  • The economist's models were designed to prognosticate changes in the market, providing valuable insights for investors.
  • A popular blog attempted to prognosticate the winner of the upcoming award ceremony, citing historical trends and past winners.

Synonyms

  • Predict
  • Promise
  • Call
  • Foretell
  • Forebode
  • Anticipate

Hypernyms

  • Venture
  • Guess
  • Hazard

Hyponyms

  • Augur
  • Second-guess
  • Wager
  • Bet
  • Prophesy
  • Read
  • Calculate
  • Forecast
  • Outguess
  • Vaticinate

Related Words

  • Prognosticator (noun)
  • Prognostication (noun)
  • Prognosticative (adjective)
  • Prognosis (noun)

Meaning 2

Indicate, as with a sign or an omen; "These signs bode bad news".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • Financial experts prognosticate a looming recession due to the fluctuation in market trends and consumer spending.
  • The cloudy stormy skies seem to prognosticate that a hurricane may be on its way to the coast.
  • The mayor's recent decision to raise local taxes has been perceived to prognosticate a major shift in the local economy.
  • Election polls and voter trends appear to prognosticate that the incumbent will retain their seat.
  • Higher temperatures and reduced rainfall rates prognosticate another prolonged drought period in the coming months.

Synonyms

  • Omen
  • Augur
  • Predict
  • Portend
  • Prefigure
  • Auspicate
  • Bode
  • Betoken
  • Presage
  • Foretell
  • Forecast
  • Foreshadow

Hypernyms

  • Indicate
  • Betoken
  • Signal
  • Bespeak

Hyponyms

  • Threaten
  • Foreshow

Related Words

  • Prognostication (noun)
  • Prognosis (noun)
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