premonition
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prem·o·ni·tion
(prĕm′ə-nĭsh′ən, prē′mə-)n.
1. A presentiment of the future; a foreboding.
2. A warning in advance; a forewarning.
[Late Latin praemonitiō, praemonitiōn-, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemonēre, to forewarn : prae-, pre- + monēre, to warn; see men- in Indo-European roots.]
pre·mon′i·to′ri·ly (-mŏn′ĭ-tôr′ə-lē) adv.
pre·mon′i·to′ry adj.
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premonition
(ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən)n
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
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pre•mo•ni•tion
(ˌpri məˈnɪʃ ən, ˌprɛm ə-)n.
a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: a premonition of danger.
[1425–75; late Middle English premunicioun < Late Latin praemonitiō forewarning]
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Noun | 1. | premonition - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" shadow - a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness" presage - a foreboding about what is about to happen |
2. | premonition - an early warning about a future event warning - a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode" |
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premonition
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.
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Translations
تَحْذير سابِقهَاجِس
předtuchatušení
bange anelseforudanelse
premoniciónpresentimeinto
ennakkoaavistus
predosjećaj
elõérzet
fyrirboîi; hugboî
予感
예감
nujautimas
nojautapriekšnojauta
föraning
การเตือนล่วงหน้า
linh tính báo trước
premonition
[ˌpreməˈnɪʃən] N → presentimiento m, premonición fto have a premonition that → presentir que ...
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premonition
[ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən] n → prémonition fto have a premonition of sth → avoir la prémonition de qch
to have a premonition (that) ... → avoir la prémonition que ...
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premonition
n (= presentiment) → (böse or schlechte) Vorahnung, (böses or schlechtes) Vorgefühl; (= forewarning) → Vorwarnung f
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premonition
(preməˈniʃən) noun a feeling that something (especially something unpleasant) is going to happen.
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premonition
→ هَاجِس předtucha forudanelse Vorahnung προαίσθημα premonición ennakkoaavistus pressentiment predosjećaj premonizione 予感 예감 voorgevoel forutanelse ostrzeżenie premonição предчувствие föraning การเตือนล่วงหน้า kehanet linh tính báo trước 前兆Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
pre·mo·ni·tion
n. premonición, presentimiento.
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