1. A statement made about the future
   "The meteorologist's prognostication of a severe storm prompted many to prepare";
   - prediction, foretelling, forecasting
    
2. Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
   "The prophet's prognostication of impending doom caused widespread panic";
   - prophecy, vaticination
    
3. A sign of something about to happen
   "The dark clouds were a prognostication of the coming storm";
   - omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prodigy [archaic]

Derived forms: prognostications

Type of: anticipation, augury, foretoken [literary], prediction, prevision, sign, statement

Encyclopedia: Prognostication