prognostic

a. 预兆的, 预后的 n. 先兆, 预测

发音

UK /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪk/
UK /pɹəɡˈnɒstɪk/
US /pɹɑɡˈnɑs.tɪk/
AU /pɹɔɡˈnɔs.tɪk/

词形变化

prognostics 复数 prognostics more prognostic 比较级 most prognostic 最高级

别名

prognostical prognostick

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    prognosis

    罕用 医学
  2. 2.

    A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.

  3. 3.

    A prediction of the future.

  4. 4.

    One who predicts the future.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

omen prodigy portent presage prognostication

上位词 3

sign augury foretoken

下位词 3

foreboding auspice death knell
形容词

同义词 2

predictive prognosticative

近义相关 2

prophetic prophetical

词源

From Medieval Latin prognosticus, from Ancient Greek προγνωστικός (prognōstikós, “foreknowing”), from πρό (pró) + γνωστικός (gnōstikós, “of or for knowing, good at knowing”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to learn to know, to perceive, to mark, to learn”).

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