presentiment

foreboding; a vague expectation: I had a presentiment that there would be an accident.

Not to be confused with:

presentment – an act or manner of presenting; the act of presenting information: The principal made the presentment.

pre·sen·ti·ment

(prĭ-zĕn′tə-mənt)

A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition.

[Obsolete French, from presentir, to feel beforehand, from Latin praesentīre : prae-, pre- + sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]

pre·sen′ti·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.

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presentiment

(prɪˈzɛntɪmənt)

a sense of something about to happen; premonition

[C18: from obsolete French, from pressentir to sense beforehand; see pre-, sentiment]

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pre•sen•ti•ment

(prɪˈzɛn tə mənt)

n.

a feeling that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding.

[1705–15; < French, now obsolete spelling of pressentiment. See pre-, sentiment]

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Noun

presentiment - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

boding, foreboding, premonition

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

presentiment

noun premonition, feeling, expectation, anticipation, fear, forecast, hunch, intuition, apprehension, misgiving, foreboding, presage, forethought He had a presentiment of disaster.

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Translations

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presentimento

presentiment

[prɪˈzentɪmənt] N → presentimiento m
to have a presentiment about sth → tener un presentimiento acerca de algo
to have a presentiment that → tener el presentimiento de que ..., presentir que ...

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presentiment

n → (Vor)ahnung f, → Vorgefühl nt; to have a presentiment of something → eine Vorahnung von etw haben; to have a presentiment that … → das Gefühl haben, dass …

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presentiment

[prɪˈzɛntɪmənt] n → presentimento