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PROGNOSTIC

Dictionary entry overview: What does prognostic mean?

• PROGNOSTIC (noun)
The noun PROGNOSTIC has 1 sense:

1. a sign of something about to happen

Familiarity information: PROGNOSTIC used as a noun is very rare.

• PROGNOSTIC (adjective)
The adjective PROGNOSTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions

Familiarity information: PROGNOSTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PROGNOSTIC (noun)

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Meaning:

A sign of something about to happen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

omen; portent; prognostic; prognostication; presage; prodigy

Context example:

he looked for an omen before going into battle

Hypernyms ("prognostic" is a kind of...):

augury; foretoken; preindication; sign (an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prognostic"):

auspice (a favorable omen)

foreboding (an unfavorable omen)

death knell (an omen of death or destruction)

• PROGNOSTIC (adjective)

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Meaning:

Of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions

Synonyms:

predictive; prognostic; prognosticative

Similar:

prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)

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