premonition
pronunciation
How to pronounce premonition in British English:
UK [ˌpri:məˈnɪʃn]
How to pronounce premonition in American English:
US [ˌpriməˈnɪʃən, ˌprɛmə-]
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- Noun:
- a feeling of evil to come
- an early warning about a future event
Word Origin
- premonition
- premonition: see monster
- premonition (n.)
- mid-15c., from Anglo-French premunition, Middle French premonicion, from Late Latin praemonitionem (nominative praemonitio) "a forewarning," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin praemonere "forewarn," from prae "before" (see pre-) + monere "to warn" (see monitor (n.)).
Example
- 1. Did you ever have the premonition that you would not go back to america ?
- 2. I saw him in my dream last week , must 've been a premonition
- 3. If all this sounds a bit eerie - like a premonition of where the us might be headed - there 's reason to be concerned , and reason to be not so worried .
- 4. He found himself wondering whether she had any premonition of her fate , and one of his reasons for not speaking was the fear that a tremor in his voice might possibly arouse her suspicions .
- 5. In the otherwise-excellent new play at london 's trafalgar studios , the mountain-top , martin luther king is given a premonition of barack obama as the one that will come after him .