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premonition

English

Alternative forms

  • præmonition (archaic)

Etymology

Mid 15th century, from Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemoniti?nem (a forewarning), form of praemoniti?, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemone?, from prae (before) (English pre-) + mone? (to warn) (from which English monitor).

Compare Germanic forewarning.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pr?m'?-, pr?'m?-n?sh??n
  • Rhymes: -???n

Noun

premonition (plural premonitions)

  1. A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
    Synonym: vision
  2. A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
    Synonyms: bad feeling, foreboding, gut feeling, hunch, (informal) second sight

Derived terms

  • premonitory

Translations

References

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showing

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??????/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /??o???/
  • Rhymes: -????

Verb

showing

  1. present participle of show

Noun

showing (plural showings)

  1. An occasion when something is shown.
    We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
  2. A result, a judgement.
    He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.

Translations

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  • what showing at the movies
  • what showing at the movie theater
  • what showing on hbo max
  • what showing on netflix
  • what showing on tv tonight
  • what showing on hbo
  • what showing at the theaters
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