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   Pre·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"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘advance warning’): from French prémonition, from late Latin praemonitio(n-), from Latin praemonere, from prae ‘before’ + monere ‘warn’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. premonitory adjective
   • 2. premonitor noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPREMONITION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   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.

3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › premonitionPremonition - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   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. This noun is from Middle French premonicion , from Late Latin praemonitio, from Latin praemonere "to warn in advance," from the prefix prae- "before" plus ...

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPREMONITION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   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.

5. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › premonitionpremonition - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   Oct 12, 2023 · 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). Synonyms: bad feeling, foreboding, gut feeling, hunch, (informal) second sight ...

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionpremonition noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   noun. /ˌpreməˈnɪʃn/, /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃn/. /ˌpreməˈnɪʃn/, /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃn/. a feeling that something is going to happen, especially something unpleasant. premonition (of something) a premonition of disaster. premonition (that…) He had a premonition that he would never see her again.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPREMONITION definition | Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   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

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › premonitionPremonition - definition of premonition by The Free Dictionary

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   noun. 1. feeling, idea, intuition, suspicion, hunch, apprehension, misgiving, foreboding, funny feeling (informal), presentiment, feeling in your bones He had an unshakable premonition that he would die. 2. omen, sign, warning, portent, presage, forewarning the first premonition of winter.