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Meaning of premonition in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌpriməˈnɪʃ(ə)n/

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  1. Noun

    premonition

    Etymology

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

    Definitions

    1. a feeling of evil to come

    Examples

    • « a steadily escalating sense of foreboding »
    • « the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case »
  2. 2. an early warning about a future event

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