prognosis
noun
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Prognosis Is Not Just a Medical Term
With its prefix pro-, meaning "before", prognosis means basically "knowledge beforehand" of how a situation is likely to turn out. Prognosis was originally a strictly medical term, but it soon broadened to include predictions made by experts of all kinds. Thus, for example, economists are constantly offering prognoses (notice the irregular plural form) about where the economy is going, and climate scientists regularly prognosticate about how quickly the earth's atmosphere is warming.
Examples of prognosis in a Sentence
Joel Kotkin, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2025
The prognosis is that the patient will be far stronger, bigger, better and more resilient than ever before.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
The prognosis is that the patient will be far stronger, bigger, better, and more resilient than ever before.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The next few days will tell us an awful lot about the club’s 2025 prognosis.
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—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Cite this Entry
“Prognosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prognosis. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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