- premonition
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prémonition — [ premɔnisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1842, repris XXe; premonicion XIIIe; de pré et lat. monere « avertir » ♦ Avertissement inexplicable qui s impose à la conscience et fait connaître un événement à l avance ou à distance. ⇒ intuition, pressentiment;… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Premonition — refers to a situation when future events are foreknown or forecast or foretelling. They are attributed by some people to the presence of supernatural or paranormal abilities (see Cassandra myth). However, the distinction between precognition and… … Wikipedia
Premonition — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Premonition Título Premonition (7 días) Ficha técnica Dirección Mennan Yapo Producción Adam Shankman Guión Bi … Wikipedia Español
Premonition — Prémonition Pour les articles homonymes, voir Prémonition (film, 2004). Une prémonition, du préfixe pre et du latin, monere, désigne le sentiment de savoir ce qui va arriver dans le futur. Une prémonition peut être une conviction que quelque… … Wikipédia en Français
Premonition — Студийный альбом Tony MacAlpine Дата выпуска 1994 Жанр инструментальный гитарный рок Продюсер Майк Уорни Лейбл Shrapnel … Википедия
Premonition — Pre mo*ni tion, n. [L. praemonitio. See {Premonish}.] Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
premonition — I noun augury, auspice, boding, caution, divination, evil adumbration, feeling, foreboding, forefeeling, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, hunch, intimation, misgiving, monitio, monitum, omen, portent, prediction, premonishment,… … Law dictionary
premonition — (n.) mid 15c., from Anglo Fr. premunition, from L.L. praemonitionem (nom. praemonitio) a forewarning, from pp. stem of L. praemonere forewarn, from prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + monere to warn (see MONITOR (Cf … Etymology dictionary
premonition — [n] feeling that an event is about to occur apprehension, apprehensiveness, feeling, feeling in bones*, foreboding, forewarning, funny feeling, handwriting on wall*, hunch, idea, intuition, misgiving, omen, portent, prenotion, presage,… … New thesaurus
premonition — ► NOUN ▪ a strong feeling that something is about to happen. DERIVATIVES premonitory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from praemonere forewarn … English terms dictionary
premonition — [prem΄ə nish′ən, prē΄mənish′ən] n. [MFr premonicion < LL(Ec) praemonitio < L praemonere < prae , before + monere, to warn: see PRE & MONITOR] 1. a warning in advance; a forewarning 2. a feeling that something, esp. something bad, will… … English World dictionary
