Dictionary entries for 'prognosticate'

Synonyms

call
forecast
foretell
predict
project
adumbrate
augur
bode
forecast
forerun
foreshadow
foretell
foretoken
portend
prefigure
presage

prog·nos·ti·cate (prŏg-nŏśtĭ-kāt́)

[Middle English pronosticaten, from Medieval Latin prognōsticāre, prognōsticāt-, from Latin prognōsticum, sign of the future, from Greek prognōstikon from neuter of prognōstikos, foreknowing; see prognostic.]

transitive verb: -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell. See synonyms at predict
To foreshadow; portend: urban renewal that prognosticates a social and cultural renaissance.

derivatives

prog·nośti·cátion: noun
prog·nośti·cátive: adjective
prog·nośti·cátor: noun

transitive verb: -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition