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- Dictionarypremonition/ˌprɛməˈnɪʃn/
noun
- 1. a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant: "he had a premonition of imminent disaster"
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PREMONITION definition: 1. a feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen: 2. a feeling…. Learn more.
The meaning of PREMONITION is previous notice or warning : forewarning. How to use premonition in a sentence.
A premonition is a warning that comes in advance, or a feeling that something is going to happen. Like the synonym foreboding, a premonition usually refers to something bad or harmful.
If you have a premonition, you have a feeling that something is going to happen, often something unpleasant. That morning I had a terrible premonition about my daughter and asked her not to go out. American English : premonition / ˈprɛm-, priməˈnɪʃən /
Premonition definition: a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment. See examples of PREMONITION used in a sentence.
PREMONITION meaning: 1. a feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen: 2. a feeling…. Learn more.
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.
premonition (of something) a premonition of disaster; premonition (that…) He had a premonition that he would never see her again. Perhaps he had a premonition about what might happen in London.
PREMONITION definition: a feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen: . Learn more.
noun. premonitions. A warning in advance; a forewarning. Webster's New World. A feeling that something, esp. something bad, will happen; foreboding; presentiment. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: forewarning. foreboding. vibes. prediction. misgiving. hunch. feeling. apprehension. warning. sign. omen. portent. boding.
