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- DictionaryPre·mo·ni·tion/ˌprēməˈniSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant: "he had a premonition of imminent disaster"
a feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen: [ + that ] He had a premonition that his plane would crash, so he took the train. She had a sudden premonition of what the future might bring. Synonyms. feeling (EMOTION) foreboding literary. presentiment formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
A premonition is a warning that comes in advance, or a feeling that something is going to happen. Like the synonym foreboding, a premonition usually refers to something bad or harmful.
May 18, 2024 · premonition (plural premonitions) A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future. Synonym: vision. A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
4 days ago · 2 meanings: 1. an intuition of a future, usually unwelcome, occurrence; foreboding 2. an early warning of a future event;.... Click for more definitions.
1. an intuition of a future, usually unwelcome, occurrence; foreboding. 2. an early warning of a future event; forewarning. [C16: from Late Latin praemonitiō, from Latin praemonēre to admonish beforehand, from prae before + monēre to warn, advise] premonitory adj.
a feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen: to have a premonition. a premonition of disaster. (Definition of premonition from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of premonition. in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指不祥的）預兆，預感… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （尤指不祥的）预兆，预感… See more
Definition of premonition noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
