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augur
To be a sign or omen:
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  1. To be a sign or omen:
  2. To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell.
  3. To foretell or prophesy from omens
forecast
(Archaic) To foresee
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  1. (Archaic) To foresee
  2. To estimate or predict in advance, especially to predict (weather conditions) by analysis of meteorological data.
  3. To estimate or calculate in advance; predict or seek to predict (weather, business conditions, etc.)
predict
To foretell something.
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  1. To foretell something.
  2. To say in advance (what one believes will happen); foretell (a future event or events)
  3. To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge:
augury
The art, ability, or practice of auguring; divination.
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  1. The art, ability, or practice of auguring; divination.
  2. An omen; portent; indication
  3. A sign of something coming; an omen:
forerunner
One that precedes, as in time; a predecessor.
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  1. One that precedes, as in time; a predecessor.
  2. A sign that tells or warns of something to follow; prognostic
  3. A warning sign or symptom.
foretoken
A prophetic sign; omen; prognostic
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  1. A prophetic sign; omen; prognostic
omen
Prognostication; portent:
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  1. Prognostication; portent:
  2. A thing or happening believed to foretell a future event, either good or evil; augury
portent
An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen.
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  1. An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen.
  2. Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
  3. Prophetic or threatening significance:
prefigurement
That which is prefigured.
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  1. That which is prefigured.
  2. The act of prefiguring; prefiguration.
  3. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
prognostic
A sign or indication of things to come; omen
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  1. A sign or indication of things to come; omen
  2. A sign or symptom indicating the future course of a disease.
  3. A sign of a future happening; a portent.
prognostication
A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.
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  1. A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.
sign
Sign language.
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  1. Sign language.
  2. A posted notice bearing a designation, direction, or command:
  3. Sign of the zodiac
adumbrate
To obscure; overshadow
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  1. To obscure; overshadow
  2. To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.
  3. To give a sketchy outline of.
augur
To be a sign or omen:
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  1. To be a sign or omen:
  2. To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell.
  3. To foretell or prophesy from omens
bode
Simple past tense of bide
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  1. Simple past tense of bide
  2. (Archaic) To announce in advance; predict
  3. (Archaic) To predict; foretell.
forecast
To estimate how something will be in the future.
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  1. To estimate how something will be in the future.
  2. To estimate or calculate in advance; predict or seek to predict (weather, business conditions, etc.)
  3. To estimate or predict in advance, especially to predict (weather conditions) by analysis of meteorological data.
forerun
To prevent from arriving or occurring; forestall.
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  1. To prevent from arriving or occurring; forestall.
  2. To be the precursor of; be a prediction or sign of (a thing to follow); foreshadow
  3. To run before; go before; precede
foreshadow
To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand; presage:
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  1. To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand; presage:
  2. To be a sign of (something to come); indicate or suggest beforehand; prefigure; presage
foretell
To tell, announce, or indicate beforehand; prophesy; predict
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  1. To tell, announce, or indicate beforehand; prophesy; predict
foretoken
To be a prophetic sign or omen of; foreshadow
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  1. To be a prophetic sign or omen of; foreshadow
  2. To indicate or give warning of beforehand; presage.
portend
To be an omen or warning of; foreshadow; presage
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  1. To be an omen or warning of; foreshadow; presage
  2. To be an indication of; signify
  3. To indicate by prediction; forecast:
prefigure
To suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent form or model; presage or foreshadow:
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  1. To suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent form or model; presage or foreshadow:
  2. To suggest beforehand; be an antecedent figure or type of; foreshadow
  3. To imagine or picture to oneself in advance.
prognosticate
To indicate beforehand
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  1. To indicate beforehand
  2. To foretell or predict, esp. from signs or indications
  3. To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell.
Find another word for presage. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for presage, like: augur, forecast, predict, foretell, augury, forerunner, foretoken, omen, portent, prefigurement and prognostic.

Sentence Examples

  • Frequent fainting fits gave presage of a speedy end, and on the 8th of April 1813 he had a final interview with his friends B.

  • The condition of affairs on the continent seemed to French enthusiasts to presage an attack by the other Powers on France.

  • Against Russia he was less fortunate, and the first encounter between Turkey and her future northern rival gave presage of disaster to come.

  • Adamson (Perth, 1638) are the lines "For what we do presage is riot in grosse, For we are brethren of the Rosie Crosse; We have the Mason Word and second sight, Things for to come we can fortell aright."

  • The loose and barren rule of the Confederation seemed to conservative minds such as Hamilton's to presage, in its strengthening of individualism, a fatal looseness of social restraints, and led him on to a dread of democracy that he never overcame.

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