Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a prognostic; predictive.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
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Examples
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The mountaineer makes the natural phenomena which he most frequently witnesses prognosticative of the future.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851
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You're not required to have "prognosticative acumen".
Boing Boing Mark Frauenfelder 2010
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But suffice it to say, the field is fairly wide open now and, at the end of the day, no one should really bother putting too much prognosticative stock into what we get from the guild next week, seeing as the AMPAS writers branch is likely to go with a number of the fallen.
In Contention 2010
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It's time to take one last prognosticative glance around the fantasy baseball diamond.
unknown title 2009
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There are just too many positive signs pointing to the Terps that they've conveniently ignored to place much stock in their prognosticative abilities.
Blog updates 2009
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There are just too many positive signs pointing to the Terps that they've conveniently ignored to place much stock in their prognosticative abilities.
Blog updates 2009
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There's a lot of prognosticative nonsense circulating around the web and in the media on what happens next in Gaza - I couldn't read this
JTA - Recent News 2009
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Yet he was neither shocked nor awed nor inclined to recant the prognosticative non-prediction he made Monday to Jay Leno.
Fore, right! 2009
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There's a lot of prognosticative nonsense circulating around the web and in the media on what happens next in Gaza - I couldn't read this
JTA - Recent News 2009
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It's time to take one last prognosticative glance around the fantasy baseball diamond.
unknown title 2009
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