Definition of prognostication in English:

prognostication

noun prɒɡnɒstɪˈkeɪʃnprɑɡˌnɑstəˈkeɪʃən

mass noun

1The action of prophesying future events.
预言，预示
an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication
空前之多的内省和预言。
Example sentencesExamples
- Given the greater reliance on biopsy techniques to establish an initial histopathologic diagnosis, prognostication will depend on maximal extraction of information from small biopsy samples.
- It was white and blank, an enticement for cartographical prognostication.
- I accede to your uncanny powers of prognostication.
- Yes, political prognostication and economic forecasting share the same occupational hazard of over-extrapolating from a few months of data.
- Compared with their other bizarre predictions and otherwise miserable record of prognostication, this is a minor failing.
- Our focus here is analysis and commentary rather than prognostication.
- Around this time in every midterm election cycle, the vultures of political prognostication begin hovering over incumbents in trouble.
- As part of your prognostication I would like to ask about the installations of network attached storage and storage area networking devices.
- Astrology gained in status during the Gupta period and moved beyond mere prognostication of birthmarks and foretelling of the future by interpretation of dreams and facial features.
- One of my journalistic interests is finance, and I collect errors in financial prognostication.
- I'm not in the business of prognostication, so, I don't know what the history books will say.
- Your accurate prognostication has spanned relationships, business transactions, even the fickle weather.
- Most Stoics welcomed all forms of prognostication, for gaining knowledge of the future enabled the soul to accept its destiny, and astrology was especially favoured as demonstrating the harmony of the universe.
- These elements make the approaching season all the more exciting, while providing prognostication - an inexact science in the best of times - with intriguing possibilities.
- As you can see, prognostication is a dangerous game.
- Returning to the print realm for some final prognostication, one might wonder what the future holds.
- Was this the case of premature prognostication?
- According to some expert prognostication on the Web, the king of natural resources may, once again, be consumed and wasted in spectacular wildfires.
- Surgery allows the complete excision of a tumour and lymph nodes and full histological examination for staging, which has implications for prognostication and assessing the need for adjuvant radiotherapy.
- This description of ‘what is to take place hereafter’ is not a prognostication of events in any distant future but a declaration of what is right around the comer, the certain consequences of present conduct.
Synonyms
estimate, forecast, prediction, calculation, prognosis, reckoning, expectation
1. 1.1count noun A prophecy.
  预言，预测
  these gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded
  这些悲观的预测被证明是无稽之谈。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The restoration of the handsome houses surrounding the square in the years since Samuel's dire prognostication is a heartening instance of a glorious architectural and sociological renaissance.
  As academic life grew more removed from the convention, the prognostications became self-fulfilling prophecies.
  I apologize and pledge not to utter foolish prognostications ever again.
  He points to the gloomy prognostications after Hurricane Andrew and 9 / 11.
  It's an optimistic and hopeful prognostication of the future.
  Have the floors of our nation's television studios ever been more littered by dishonored prognostications than in the past twenty-four months?
  Let's discuss that and not the prognostications of the modern entrail-readers of the opinion poll industrial complex.
  Better still, stick to facts if your prognostications are prone to throw gas on a fire of rumor-mongering and doomsaying.
  Ever since, my prognostications seemed wrong.
  Although we have hesitated to stake our own success on prognostications for 2003, I am not optimistic on either of these two counts.
  Experience has made me skeptical of physicians' pronouncements and prognostications, especially about people with disabilities.
  Their match had almost been epic, but there was little time to sit back and enjoy it as the euphoria of the victory was soon replaced by prognostications about the final.
  Two possible scenarios could upset their prognostications.
  When we continue, the editors of the nation's leading business magazines will join us for their thoughts on the week's developments and give us their best prognostication about what we can expect in the week ahead.
  Experts scurried to explain their errant prognostications, which had asserted that the race would be too close to call.
  I particularly like the prognostication about future market consolidation.
  For all the attention lavished on polls, prognostications and policy positions, a presidential campaign measures, most of all, the mettle and maturity of the candidates.
  I've been interviewing some experts and I'll have their prognostications up in a little bit.
  If you've got some last minute prognostications or thoughts on the subject, now is the time to spit them out so you can appear to be astute and prescient later on.
  So with these caveats in mind, I am willing to make a couple of straightforwardly vague prognostications.
  Synonyms
  prediction, forecast, prophecy, divination, prognosis, projection
  rare vaticination, auspication, prognostic

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French prognosticacion, from medieval Latin prognosticatio(n-), from the verb prognosticare (see prognosticate).

Definition of prognostication in US English:

prognostication

nounprɑɡˌnɑstəˈkeɪʃənpräɡˌnästəˈkāSHən

1The action of foretelling or prophesying future events.
预言，预示
an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication
空前之多的内省和预言。
Example sentencesExamples
- Given the greater reliance on biopsy techniques to establish an initial histopathologic diagnosis, prognostication will depend on maximal extraction of information from small biopsy samples.
- Compared with their other bizarre predictions and otherwise miserable record of prognostication, this is a minor failing.
- Around this time in every midterm election cycle, the vultures of political prognostication begin hovering over incumbents in trouble.
- Returning to the print realm for some final prognostication, one might wonder what the future holds.
- I'm not in the business of prognostication, so, I don't know what the history books will say.
- As part of your prognostication I would like to ask about the installations of network attached storage and storage area networking devices.
- Astrology gained in status during the Gupta period and moved beyond mere prognostication of birthmarks and foretelling of the future by interpretation of dreams and facial features.
- I accede to your uncanny powers of prognostication.
- Yes, political prognostication and economic forecasting share the same occupational hazard of over-extrapolating from a few months of data.
- According to some expert prognostication on the Web, the king of natural resources may, once again, be consumed and wasted in spectacular wildfires.
- It was white and blank, an enticement for cartographical prognostication.
- As you can see, prognostication is a dangerous game.
- Most Stoics welcomed all forms of prognostication, for gaining knowledge of the future enabled the soul to accept its destiny, and astrology was especially favoured as demonstrating the harmony of the universe.
- Surgery allows the complete excision of a tumour and lymph nodes and full histological examination for staging, which has implications for prognostication and assessing the need for adjuvant radiotherapy.
- Our focus here is analysis and commentary rather than prognostication.
- These elements make the approaching season all the more exciting, while providing prognostication - an inexact science in the best of times - with intriguing possibilities.
- Your accurate prognostication has spanned relationships, business transactions, even the fickle weather.
- This description of ‘what is to take place hereafter’ is not a prognostication of events in any distant future but a declaration of what is right around the comer, the certain consequences of present conduct.
- Was this the case of premature prognostication?
- One of my journalistic interests is finance, and I collect errors in financial prognostication.
Synonyms
estimate, forecast, prediction, calculation, prognosis, reckoning, expectation
1. 1.1 A prophecy.
  预言，预测
  these gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded
  这些悲观的预测被证明是无稽之谈。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I apologize and pledge not to utter foolish prognostications ever again.
  As academic life grew more removed from the convention, the prognostications became self-fulfilling prophecies.
  Better still, stick to facts if your prognostications are prone to throw gas on a fire of rumor-mongering and doomsaying.
  It's an optimistic and hopeful prognostication of the future.
  The restoration of the handsome houses surrounding the square in the years since Samuel's dire prognostication is a heartening instance of a glorious architectural and sociological renaissance.
  Experience has made me skeptical of physicians' pronouncements and prognostications, especially about people with disabilities.
  I've been interviewing some experts and I'll have their prognostications up in a little bit.
  Ever since, my prognostications seemed wrong.
  When we continue, the editors of the nation's leading business magazines will join us for their thoughts on the week's developments and give us their best prognostication about what we can expect in the week ahead.
  Two possible scenarios could upset their prognostications.
  I particularly like the prognostication about future market consolidation.
  He points to the gloomy prognostications after Hurricane Andrew and 9 / 11.
  For all the attention lavished on polls, prognostications and policy positions, a presidential campaign measures, most of all, the mettle and maturity of the candidates.
  If you've got some last minute prognostications or thoughts on the subject, now is the time to spit them out so you can appear to be astute and prescient later on.
  Have the floors of our nation's television studios ever been more littered by dishonored prognostications than in the past twenty-four months?
  Experts scurried to explain their errant prognostications, which had asserted that the race would be too close to call.
  Their match had almost been epic, but there was little time to sit back and enjoy it as the euphoria of the victory was soon replaced by prognostications about the final.
  So with these caveats in mind, I am willing to make a couple of straightforwardly vague prognostications.
  Let's discuss that and not the prognostications of the modern entrail-readers of the opinion poll industrial complex.
  Although we have hesitated to stake our own success on prognostications for 2003, I am not optimistic on either of these two counts.
  Synonyms
  prediction, forecast, prophecy, divination, prognosis, projection

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French prognosticacion, from medieval Latin prognosticatio(n-), from the verb prognosticare (see prognosticate).

词汇	prognostication
释义	Definition of prognostication in English: prognostication noun prɒɡnɒstɪˈkeɪʃnprɑɡˌnɑstəˈkeɪʃən mass noun 1The action of prophesying future events. 预言，预示 an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication 空前之多的内省和预言。 Example sentencesExamples Given the greater reliance on biopsy techniques to establish an initial histopathologic diagnosis, prognostication will depend on maximal extraction of information from small biopsy samples. It was white and blank, an enticement for cartographical prognostication. I accede to your uncanny powers of prognostication. Yes, political prognostication and economic forecasting share the same occupational hazard of over-extrapolating from a few months of data. Compared with their other bizarre predictions and otherwise miserable record of prognostication, this is a minor failing. Our focus here is analysis and commentary rather than prognostication. Around this time in every midterm election cycle, the vultures of political prognostication begin hovering over incumbents in trouble. As part of your prognostication I would like to ask about the installations of network attached storage and storage area networking devices. Astrology gained in status during the Gupta period and moved beyond mere prognostication of birthmarks and foretelling of the future by interpretation of dreams and facial features. One of my journalistic interests is finance, and I collect errors in financial prognostication. I'm not in the business of prognostication, so, I don't know what the history books will say. Your accurate prognostication has spanned relationships, business transactions, even the fickle weather. Most Stoics welcomed all forms of prognostication, for gaining knowledge of the future enabled the soul to accept its destiny, and astrology was especially favoured as demonstrating the harmony of the universe. These elements make the approaching season all the more exciting, while providing prognostication - an inexact science in the best of times - with intriguing possibilities. As you can see, prognostication is a dangerous game. Returning to the print realm for some final prognostication, one might wonder what the future holds. Was this the case of premature prognostication? According to some expert prognostication on the Web, the king of natural resources may, once again, be consumed and wasted in spectacular wildfires. Surgery allows the complete excision of a tumour and lymph nodes and full histological examination for staging, which has implications for prognostication and assessing the need for adjuvant radiotherapy. This description of ‘what is to take place hereafter’ is not a prognostication of events in any distant future but a declaration of what is right around the comer, the certain consequences of present conduct. Synonyms estimate, forecast, prediction, calculation, prognosis, reckoning, expectation 1.1count noun A prophecy. 预言，预测 these gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded 这些悲观的预测被证明是无稽之谈。 Example sentencesExamples The restoration of the handsome houses surrounding the square in the years since Samuel's dire prognostication is a heartening instance of a glorious architectural and sociological renaissance. As academic life grew more removed from the convention, the prognostications became self-fulfilling prophecies. I apologize and pledge not to utter foolish prognostications ever again. He points to the gloomy prognostications after Hurricane Andrew and 9 / 11. It's an optimistic and hopeful prognostication of the future. Have the floors of our nation's television studios ever been more littered by dishonored prognostications than in the past twenty-four months? Let's discuss that and not the prognostications of the modern entrail-readers of the opinion poll industrial complex. Better still, stick to facts if your prognostications are prone to throw gas on a fire of rumor-mongering and doomsaying. Ever since, my prognostications seemed wrong. Although we have hesitated to stake our own success on prognostications for 2003, I am not optimistic on either of these two counts. Experience has made me skeptical of physicians' pronouncements and prognostications, especially about people with disabilities. Their match had almost been epic, but there was little time to sit back and enjoy it as the euphoria of the victory was soon replaced by prognostications about the final. Two possible scenarios could upset their prognostications. When we continue, the editors of the nation's leading business magazines will join us for their thoughts on the week's developments and give us their best prognostication about what we can expect in the week ahead. Experts scurried to explain their errant prognostications, which had asserted that the race would be too close to call. I particularly like the prognostication about future market consolidation. For all the attention lavished on polls, prognostications and policy positions, a presidential campaign measures, most of all, the mettle and maturity of the candidates. I've been interviewing some experts and I'll have their prognostications up in a little bit. If you've got some last minute prognostications or thoughts on the subject, now is the time to spit them out so you can appear to be astute and prescient later on. So with these caveats in mind, I am willing to make a couple of straightforwardly vague prognostications. Synonyms prediction, forecast, prophecy, divination, prognosis, projection rare vaticination, auspication, prognostic Origin Late Middle English: from Old French prognosticacion, from medieval Latin prognosticatio(n-), from the verb prognosticare (see prognosticate). Definition of prognostication in US English: prognostication nounprɑɡˌnɑstəˈkeɪʃənpräɡˌnästəˈkāSHən 1The action of foretelling or prophesying future events. 预言，预示 an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication 空前之多的内省和预言。 Example sentencesExamples Given the greater reliance on biopsy techniques to establish an initial histopathologic diagnosis, prognostication will depend on maximal extraction of information from small biopsy samples. Compared with their other bizarre predictions and otherwise miserable record of prognostication, this is a minor failing. Around this time in every midterm election cycle, the vultures of political prognostication begin hovering over incumbents in trouble. Returning to the print realm for some final prognostication, one might wonder what the future holds. I'm not in the business of prognostication, so, I don't know what the history books will say. As part of your prognostication I would like to ask about the installations of network attached storage and storage area networking devices. Astrology gained in status during the Gupta period and moved beyond mere prognostication of birthmarks and foretelling of the future by interpretation of dreams and facial features. I accede to your uncanny powers of prognostication. Yes, political prognostication and economic forecasting share the same occupational hazard of over-extrapolating from a few months of data. According to some expert prognostication on the Web, the king of natural resources may, once again, be consumed and wasted in spectacular wildfires. It was white and blank, an enticement for cartographical prognostication. As you can see, prognostication is a dangerous game. Most Stoics welcomed all forms of prognostication, for gaining knowledge of the future enabled the soul to accept its destiny, and astrology was especially favoured as demonstrating the harmony of the universe. Surgery allows the complete excision of a tumour and lymph nodes and full histological examination for staging, which has implications for prognostication and assessing the need for adjuvant radiotherapy. Our focus here is analysis and commentary rather than prognostication. These elements make the approaching season all the more exciting, while providing prognostication - an inexact science in the best of times - with intriguing possibilities. Your accurate prognostication has spanned relationships, business transactions, even the fickle weather. This description of ‘what is to take place hereafter’ is not a prognostication of events in any distant future but a declaration of what is right around the comer, the certain consequences of present conduct. Was this the case of premature prognostication? One of my journalistic interests is finance, and I collect errors in financial prognostication. Synonyms estimate, forecast, prediction, calculation, prognosis, reckoning, expectation 1.1 A prophecy. 预言，预测 these gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded 这些悲观的预测被证明是无稽之谈。 Example sentencesExamples I apologize and pledge not to utter foolish prognostications ever again. As academic life grew more removed from the convention, the prognostications became self-fulfilling prophecies. Better still, stick to facts if your prognostications are prone to throw gas on a fire of rumor-mongering and doomsaying. It's an optimistic and hopeful prognostication of the future. The restoration of the handsome houses surrounding the square in the years since Samuel's dire prognostication is a heartening instance of a glorious architectural and sociological renaissance. Experience has made me skeptical of physicians' pronouncements and prognostications, especially about people with disabilities. I've been interviewing some experts and I'll have their prognostications up in a little bit. Ever since, my prognostications seemed wrong. When we continue, the editors of the nation's leading business magazines will join us for their thoughts on the week's developments and give us their best prognostication about what we can expect in the week ahead. Two possible scenarios could upset their prognostications. I particularly like the prognostication about future market consolidation. He points to the gloomy prognostications after Hurricane Andrew and 9 / 11. For all the attention lavished on polls, prognostications and policy positions, a presidential campaign measures, most of all, the mettle and maturity of the candidates. If you've got some last minute prognostications or thoughts on the subject, now is the time to spit them out so you can appear to be astute and prescient later on. Have the floors of our nation's television studios ever been more littered by dishonored prognostications than in the past twenty-four months? Experts scurried to explain their errant prognostications, which had asserted that the race would be too close to call. Their match had almost been epic, but there was little time to sit back and enjoy it as the euphoria of the victory was soon replaced by prognostications about the final. So with these caveats in mind, I am willing to make a couple of straightforwardly vague prognostications. Let's discuss that and not the prognostications of the modern entrail-readers of the opinion poll industrial complex. Although we have hesitated to stake our own success on prognostications for 2003, I am not optimistic on either of these two counts. Synonyms prediction, forecast, prophecy, divination, prognosis, projection Origin Late Middle English: from Old French prognosticacion, from medieval Latin prognosticatio(n-), from the verb prognosticare (see prognosticate).
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