premonition
noun
ˌpre-
Examples of premonition in a Sentence
Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Does the Electronic Bard read as an uncanny premonition of ChatGPT?
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2024
If my understanding of Shortz’s motives for hiring me was a paranoid misread—ungenerous to both of us—my premonitions about the demographics and ethos of puzzle-making were eventually confirmed.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
Taking place in a faraway future, Dune tells the story of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a young heir who has troubling premonitions while his family assumes control of Arrakis, a desert planet containing a coveted, life-enhancing spice.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2024
That premonition rings true when his parents (Tara Buckman, Geoff Hansen) are slaughtered by a carjacker dressed as Old Saint Nick himself (Charles Dierkop) just hours later, condemning the toddler into further moral compass trauma at an orphanage run by a domineering Mother Superior nun from Hell.
—Huntley Woods, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2023
In 1997, Naomi's premonition came true when the couple got married.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
As time ran out, and Gerard Phelan emerged from a crowd of four in the end zone with the football cradled to his chest, the premonition was confirmed.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Pinkett Smith’s premonition of the Oscars slap wasn’t the only one that came true.
—Christina Veta, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
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Word History
Middle English premunition, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin premunition-, premunitio, alteration of Late Latin praemonitio, from Latin praemonēre to warn in advance, from prae- + monēre to warn — more at mind
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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