PRESENTIMENT


Meaning of PRESENTIMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pri-ˈzen-tə-mənt ]

noun

Etymology: French pressentiment, from Middle French, from pressentir to have a presentiment, from Latin praesentire to feel beforehand, from prae- + sentire to feel — more at sense

Date: 1714

: a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition

• pre·sen·ti·men·tal -ˌzen-tə-ˈmen-t ə l adjective

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