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Meaning of premonition in English
Pronunciation
/ˌpriməˈnɪʃ(ə)n/
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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.
an early warning about a future event