premonition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a feeling of evil to come
    foreboding; boding; presentiment.
    • a steadily escalating sense of foreboding
    • the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
  2. noun an early warning about a future event
    forewarning.

WordNet

Pre`mo*ni"tion noun
Etymology
L. praemonitio. See Premonish.
Definitions
  1. Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.

Webster 1913