Prognosticate is an English word with synonyms like predict or foretell. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Prognosticate in a sentence
Prognosticate meaning
- To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
- To presage, betoken.
Synonyms of Prognosticate
Using Prognosticate
- The main meaning on this page is: To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill. | To presage, betoken.
- Useful related words include: predict, foretell, betoken, auspicate.
- In the example corpus, prognosticate often appears in combinations such as: to prognosticate.
Context around Prognosticate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prognosticate
- In this selection, "prognosticate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include do is prognosticate on potential and everywhere they prognosticate these things. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prognosticate" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prognosticate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Everywhere they prognosticate these things, everyone had it in the “wouldn’t it be great if ” category. (17 words)
In my case, the most dangerous thing I might do is prognosticate on potential outcomes of a court case and get it wrong. (23 words)
Schooler explained postgame that the Patriots had a read on the Dolphins’ field goal operation, prompting special teams captain Matthew Slater to prognosticate the play. (25 words)
For him, to understand a clinical case technically, ‘to diagnose’, was, among other things, to know with greater or lesser certainty the outcome for the patient, ‘to prognosticate’. (28 words)
Schooler explained postgame that the Patriots had a read on the Dolphins’ field goal operation, prompting special teams captain Matthew Slater to prognosticate the play. (25 words)
In my case, the most dangerous thing I might do is prognosticate on potential outcomes of a court case and get it wrong. (23 words)
Example sentences (4)
Schooler explained postgame that the Patriots had a read on the Dolphins’ field goal operation, prompting special teams captain Matthew Slater to prognosticate the play.
In my case, the most dangerous thing I might do is prognosticate on potential outcomes of a court case and get it wrong.
Everywhere they prognosticate these things, everyone had it in the “wouldn’t it be great if ” category.
For him, to understand a clinical case technically, ‘to diagnose’, was, among other things, to know with greater or lesser certainty the outcome for the patient, ‘to prognosticate’.
Common combinations with prognosticate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to prognosticate 2×