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presentiment

pre·sen·ti·ment
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pri-zen-tuh-muh nt]
    • /prɪˈzɛn tə mənt/
    • /prɪˈzen.tɪ.mənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pri-zen-tuh-muh nt]
    • /prɪˈzɛn tə mənt/

Definitions of presentiment word

  • noun presentiment a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something evil; foreboding. 1
  • countable noun presentiment A presentiment is a feeling that a particular event, for example someone's death, will soon take place. 0
  • noun presentiment a sense of something about to happen; premonition 0
  • noun presentiment a feeling that something, esp. of an unfortunate or evil nature, is about to take place; foreboding 0
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Origin of presentiment

First appearance:

before 1705
One of the 50% oldest English words
1705-15; < French, now obsolete spelling of pressentiment. See pre-, sentiment

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Parts of speech for Presentiment

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Presentiment

presentiment popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for presentiment

noun presentiment

  • anticipation — Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen.
  • apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
  • apprehensiveness — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
  • bodement — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
  • bodements — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
All 32 Synonyms of presentiment

Top questions with presentiment

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Related words

  • presage

    a presentiment or foreboding.

  • forebode

    to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm.

  • bodement

    a foreboding or omen; presentiment.

  • foreboding

    a prediction; portent.

  • forefeel

    to feel or perceive beforehand; have a presentiment of.

  • foreknowledge

    knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?
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