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premonition

pre·mo·ni·tion

premonition

 
 
pronunciation:
pre m nI shn
features:
Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: noun
definition 1: an advance sign or warning; forewarning.
Smoke in the weeks before was a premonition of the volcano's eruption.
similar words:
harbinger
definition 2: an intuition of a future occurrence; presentiment.
similar words:
foreboding
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derivation: premonitory (adj.)
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