Meaning of PROGNOSTIC
| Pronunciation: | | prâg'nâstik
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- [n] a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
- [adj] of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
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| | Synonyms: | | omen, portent, predictive, presage, prognostication, prognosticative, prophetic, prophetical |
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| | See Also: | | augury, auspice, death knell, foreboding, foretoken, preindication, sign | |
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\Prog*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. ?. See {Prognosis}.]
Indicating something future by signs or symptoms;
foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms
of a disease; prognostic signs.
\Prog*nos"tic\, n. [L. prognosticum, Gr. ?: cf. F.
pronostic, prognostic. See {Prognostic}, a.]
1. That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event
may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen;
hence, a foretelling; a prediction.
That choice would inevitably be considered by the
country as a prognostic of the highest import.
--Macaulay.
2. (Med.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and
termination of a disease. --Parr.
Syn: Sign; omen; presage; token; indication.
\Prog*nos"tic\, v. t.
To prognosticate. [Obs.]
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