premonition

[US]/ˌpreməˈnɪʃn/
[UK]/ˌpreməˈnɪʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a warning or feeling about a future event; a forewarning or foreboding of what is to come.

Example Sentences

have a premonition of disaster

he had a premonition of imminent disaster.

The day before her accident, she had a premonition of danger.

"The day before her accident, she had a premonition of something horrible."

she silently blessed the premonition which had made her pack her best dress.

She had a strange premonition of danger.

His premonition of success motivated him to work harder.

The old man's premonition of bad weather came true.

I had a premonition that something was going to go wrong.

The premonition of an earthquake made everyone evacuate the building.

She couldn't shake off the premonition of failure.

The premonition of a promotion filled him with excitement.

Despite her premonition of danger, she decided to go ahead with the plan.

The sudden premonition of illness made him visit the doctor.

His premonition of a breakup turned out to be true.

Real-world Examples

Why not? She had a premonition that helped save Arthur's life.

Source: The Legend of Merlin

The night before, Franz Ferdinand had had a premonition that all would not be well in Sarajevo.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

He wondered then what would happen to Marcus. Maybe this was a eerie premonition of his sudden death.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

In 1945, while in a state of exhaustion, the mathematician John von Neumann had a kind of stammering premonition.

Source: The Economist - Arts

Some of the most of famous premonition dreams include Abraham Lincoln's dream of his own assassination before it happened.

Source: Scientific World

But he still had not sensed the premonition of his fate.

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Just for a moment I had a premonition of approaching evil.

Source: The Mystery of Styles Court

Caligula ignored the premonition and, the following morning, simply went about his day.

Source: Learn English with Matthew.

Teachers had no premonition and preparation about his preposterous actions.

Source: Pan Pan

Signals … and they filled her with premonition.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

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