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Noun: premonition  ,pree-mu'ni-shun
  1. An early warning about a future event
    "The meteorologist's premonition allowed residents to prepare for the hurricane";
    - forewarning
     
  2. A feeling of evil to come
    "a steadily escalating sense of premonition";
    - foreboding, presentiment, boding

Derived forms: premonitions

Type of: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, misgiving, warning

Encyclopedia: Premonition