- 1(medical) an opinion, based on medical experience, of the likely development of a disease or an illness to make a prognosis The prognosis is not good.
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- 2(formal) a judgment about how something is likely to develop in the future synonym forecast The prognosis is for more people to work part-time in the future.
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