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premonition
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pre·mo·ni·tion  (prm-nshn, prm-)
n.
1. A presentiment of the future; a foreboding.
2. A warning in advance; a forewarning.

[Late Latin praemoniti, praemonitin-, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemonre, to forewarn : prae-, pre- + monre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]

pre·moni·tori·ly (-mn-tôr-l, -tr-) adv.
pre·moni·tory adj.

premonition [ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən]
n
1. an intuition of a future, usually unwelcome, occurrence; foreboding
2. an early warning of a future event; forewarning
[from Late Latin praemonitiō, from Latin praemonēre to admonish beforehand, from prae before + monēre to warn, advise]
premonitory  [prɪˈmɒnɪtərɪ -trɪ] adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.premonition - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
shadow - a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"
presage - a foreboding about what is about to happen
2.premonition - an early warning about a future eventpremonition - an early warning about a future event
warning - a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode"

premonition
noun
1. feeling, idea, intuition, suspicion, hunch, apprehension, misgiving, foreboding, funny feeling (informal), presentiment, feeling in your bones He had an unshakable premonition that he would die.
2. omen, sign, warning, portent, presage, forewarning the first premonition of winter
Translations
premonition [ˌpreməˈnɪʃən] Npresentimiento m, premonición f
to have a premonition thatpresentir que ...

premonition [ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən] nprémonition f
to have a premonition of sth → avoir la prémonition de qch
to have a premonition (that) ... → avoir la prémonition que ...

premonition
n (= presentiment)(böse or schlechte) Vorahnung, (böses or schlechtes) Vorgefühl; (= forewarning)Vorwarnung f

premonition [ˌprɛːməˈnɪʃn] npresentimento, premonizione f

premonition
n premonition [preməˈniʃən]
a feeling that something (especially something unpleasant) is going to happen. voorgevoel تَحْذير سابِق предчувствие (zlé) tušení bange anelse die Vorahnung προαίσθημα premonición eelaimus دلشوره؛ برات شدن ennakkoaavistus pressentiment תְּחוּשָה מוקדֶמֶת पूर्व सूचना predosjećaj,nagovještaj előérzet firasat fyrirboði; hugboð premonizione, presentimento 予感 예감, 징조 (negeras) nujautimas []nojauta prarasa voorgevoel forutanelse, (for)varsel (złe) przeczucie premonição premoniţie; presentiment предчувствие (zlé) tušenie slutnja predosećanje föraning การเตือนล่วงหน้า önsezi, içe doğma 預感,前兆 передчуття پيش آگاہي điềm báo trước

premonition هاجس داخلي předtucha forudanelse Vorahnung προαίσθημα premonición ennakkoaavistus pressentiment predosjećaj premonizione 予感 예감 voorgevoel forutanelse ostrzeżenie premonição предчувствие föraning การเตือนล่วงหน้า kehanet linh tính báo trước 前兆


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Keynes premonitorily asked about the Germans after the Peace of Paris.
Although it would be completely absurd to say that a novel like The Metamorphosis is written to denounce, premonitorily, what would be come Nazism, without a doubt an experience like that of the concentration camps, of the Holocaust, does give The Metamorphosis tremendously persuasive symbolic value.
 
 
 
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