pro-, por-

1. A premonitory symptom or precursor.
2. A symptom indicating the onset of a disease.

1. A short introduction or preface.
2. An introduction to a literary work or a speech.
3. Etymology: from Greek pro-, "before" plus oime, "song".

1. Characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
2. Not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular, as opposed to sacred.
3. Unholy; heathen; pagan; such as, profane rites; marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred.
4. Not initiated into religious rites or mysteries; such as, people.
5. Common or vulgar.
6. Etymology: from Latin profanus, "unholy, not sacred"; literally, "that which is situated before (that is, outside of) the temple"; from pro-, "in front of" and fanum, "temple".

1. The condition or quality of being profane; vulgar or irreverent speech or actions.
2. Abusive, vulgar, or irreverent language; such as, the use of such language.

1. Very great, strong, or intense: "He had a profound effect on his audience."
2. Showing great perception, understanding, or knowledge: "As young as she is, she has profound insight into the potential of technology."
3. Containing far-reaching ideas, or essential wisdom and experience, that usually require serious thought to be fully appreciated.
4. Etymology: "characterized by intellectual depth", from Old French profund (about 1175), from Latin profundus, "deep, bottomless, vast"; also, "obscure, profound", from pro-, "forth" plus fundus, "bottom".

1. Premature appearance of old age.
2. A fatal disease of children characterized by symptoms usually associated with senility.
3. A rare abnormality marked by premature aging (gray hair, wrinkled skin, and stooped posture) in a child.
4. Accelerated aging syndrome in which most of the characteristic stages of human senescence are compressed into less than a decade.
5. Etymology: derived from pro-, "before" plus the Greek word for "old age", geras; literally, "aged forward".

1. A forecast as to the probable outcome of an attack or disease, the prospect as to recovery from a disease as indicated by the nature and symptoms of the case.
2. A medical opinion as to the likely course and outcome of a disease.
3. A prediction about how a given situation will develop.
4. A forecast or prognostication: "There is an optimistic prognosis about the economic recovery."

1. Relating to or acting as a prediction.
2. A forecast or prediction.
3. An omen or portent; a sign.
4. A sign of a future happening; a portent.

1. To predict or foretell future events.
2. An indication of something; to be an indication of the likely future course of something.
3. To forecast or predict something from present indications or signs; to prophesy. 4. Something that presages: "When we see birds appearing at the end of winter, they are believed to prognosticate spring."
5. To predict according to present indications or signs; to foretell. See synonyms at predict; to foreshadow; to portend: "There is urban renewal that apparently prognosticates a social and cultural renaissance for the city."

1. A formal set of procedures for conducting an activity.
2. To express (a task or operation) in terms appropriate to its performance by a computer or other automatic device; to cause (an activity or property) to be automatically regulated in a prescribed way.