prognosticate
/pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪt/
prognosticate verb: to predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
Verb
prognosticate (third-person singular simple present prognosticates, present participle prognosticating, simple past and past participle prognosticated)
- To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
- Examining the tea-leaves, she prognosticated dark days ahead.
- But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
And constant stars in them I read such art
As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,
If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert';
Or else of thee this I prognosticate:
'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.'1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
- To presage, betoken.
- The bluebells may prognosticate an early spring this year.
- Synonyms:
- foretoken, foreshadow, portend
prognosticate meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
prognosticate in Malayalam
- predict, forecast, prophesy
- ഭവിഷ്യത്ജ്ഞാനമുണ്ടായിരിക്കുക, ലക്ഷണം പറയുക, ശകുനം പറയുക, വെളിപെടുക, പ്രവചിക്കുക, മുൻകൂട്ടിക്കാണുക
prognosticate in Kannada
- ಮುನ್ನರಿವು ಕೊಡು, ನುಡಿಯಾಡು, ಮುನ್ಸೂಚನೆ ಕೊಡು, ಭವಿಷ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸೂಚಿಸು
prognosticate in Arabic
- predict, foretell
- أَنْذَرَ ʔanḏara
Examples of prognosticate in a sentence
- I prognosticate for myself an obstinate cold, at least.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas...
- All old people and many sick people were drawn, were it only for a foot or two, into the open air, and prognosticated pleasant things about the course of the world.1915 – Virginia Woolf, Voyage Out ch. 2
Synonyms of prognosticate
Forms of prognosticate
| third-person singular present | prognosticates |
|---|---|
| present participle | prognosticating |
| past participle | prognosticated |
| past | prognosticated |
Origin of prognosticate
From Medieval Latin prognosticare; see prognostic for more.
Words formed from prognosticate
Questions about prognosticate
- What does prognosticate mean?
- Prognosticate means to predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
- What is prognosticate in Malayalam?
- Prognosticate in Malayalam is ഭവിഷ്യത്ജ്ഞാനമുണ്ടായിരിക്കുക, ലക്ഷണം പറയുക, ശകുനം പറയുക. See Prognosticate meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use prognosticate in a sentence?
- I prognosticate for myself an obstinate cold, at least.
- What part of speech is prognosticate?
- Prognosticate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce prognosticate?
- Prognosticate is pronounced /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪt/.
- What is the past tense of prognosticate?
- The past tense of prognosticate is prognosticated.
Words near prognosticate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prognosticate (page history and authors); prognosticate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); prognosticate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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