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# prognosticate

verb (prognosticate, prognosticates, prognosticated, prognosticating) (old use)

«prognosticate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To foretell what will happen in the future, often from signs or special knowledge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prognosticate/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories, a wise seer prognosticates a great future for a hero

### Examples

- The wise woman prognosticated a long winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prognosticate/#x1)
- The seer prognosticated a great future for the boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prognosticate/#x2)
- Nobody can prognosticate the weather exactly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prognosticate/#x3)
- The old men prognosticated rain from the red sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prognosticate/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «prognosticate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prognosticate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«prognosticate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prognosticate.html) on Mova free.