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March 20, 2026

premonition

/ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/noun

A strange feeling or dream that seems to warn of something before it happens.

Example sentence

  • She had a premonition that the phone call would bring bad news.

You 'have' a premonition, and it is almost always of something bad. A hunch about good news rarely gets the word.

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