noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/
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General-American:/pɹɑɡˈnoʊsɪs/
General-American:/-səs/
rhymes with -əʊsɪs
Received-Pronunciation:/pɹɒɡˈnəʊsiːz/
General-American:/pɹɑɡˈnoʊsiz/
CMU ARPABET:P R AA0 G N OW1 S AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a prediction of the course of a disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prospect, medical prognosis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medical diagnosis
4
noun
Meaning 4
a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Narrower terms: financial forecast, weather forecast, weather outlook
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs)bor. Late Latin prognōsislbor. English prognosis Learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsis (“forecast, prediction; forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “forecast of the course and outcome of a disease; (Koine) foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”), from προ- (pro-, prefix meaning ‘before; beforehand’) + γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs, “inquiry, investigation; knowledge”). The plural prognoses is a learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsēs. Cognates * Middle French prognosie (“forecast, prediction”) (modern French prognosie (obsolete), prognose (“forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”)) * Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “intelligence, wisdom; judgment; knowledge”)
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
прогноза
(prognoza)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Catalan:
pronòstic
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Danish:
prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Dutch:
prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Dutch:
vooruitblik
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Esperanto:
prognozo
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Finnish:
prognoosi
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Finnish:
ennuste
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
French:
prognostic
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Georgian:
პროგნოზი
(ṗrognozi)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
German:
Prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
German:
Vorhersage
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Greek:
πρόγνωση
(prógnosi)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Hungarian:
prognózis
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Icelandic:
spá
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Irish:
tairngreacht
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Italian:
prognosi
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Latvian:
prognoze
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Lithuanian:
prognozė
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Macedonian:
прогно́за
(prognóza)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Norman:
prog'nose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Norwegian Bokmål:
prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Norwegian Nynorsk:
prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Polish:
prognoza
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Portuguese:
prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Portuguese:
prognóstico
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Russian:
прогно́з
(prognóz)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Swedish:
prognos
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Ukrainian:
прогно́з
(prohnóz)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Vietnamese:
chẩn đoán
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Vietnamese:
dự đoán
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Welsh:
rhagolwg
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Welsh:
argoel
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known
Bulgarian:
прогноза
(prognoza)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Catalan:
pronòstic
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Chinese Mandarin:
預後 /预后
(yùhòu)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Czech:
prognóza
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Danish:
prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Dutch:
prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Finnish:
prognoosi
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Finnish:
ennuste
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
French:
pronostic
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
German:
Prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Greek:
πρόγνωση
(prógnosi)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Ancient Greek:
πρόγνωσις
(prógnōsis)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Hungarian:
prognózis
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Hungarian:
kórjóslat
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Icelandic:
horfur
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Icelandic:
spá
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Irish:
prognóis
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Italian:
prognosi
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Kazakh:
болжам
(boljam)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Latvian:
prognoze
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Macedonian:
прогно́за
(prognóza)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Norman:
prog'nose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Norwegian Bokmål:
prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Norwegian Nynorsk:
prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Polish:
prognoza
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Polish:
rokowanie
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Portuguese:
prognose
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Portuguese:
prognóstico
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Portuguese:
pronóstico
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Russian:
прогно́з
(prognóz)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Spanish:
pronóstico
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Swedish:
prognos
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Thai:
การพยากรณ์โรค
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Thai:
คําพยากรณ์โรค
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Ukrainian:
прогно́з
(prohnóz)
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
Welsh:
prognosis
— forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge
