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presage
Found in thesaurus: foreboding, presentiment, premonition, boding, augury, foretoken, preindication, sign, point, indicate, signal, bespeak, betoken
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presage
v.
foreshadow, act as an omen, portend; be a sign of -; feel in advance, sense ahead of time
n.
omen, portent, sign; intuitive feeling about future events; caution, warning, admonition
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Nissan Presage
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presage
Noun
1. a foreboding about what is about to happen
(hypernym) foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding
2. a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
(synonym) omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
(hypernym) augury, sign, foretoken, preindication
(hyponym) auspice
(derivation) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
Verb
1. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
(synonym) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(hypernym) bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
(hyponym) threaten
(derivation) omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
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présage
nm.
presage, omen, portent, augury, forerunner, prognostic
présager
v.
presage, predict, foretell; augur, foresee, omen, prognosticate; divine, forebode
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Presage
(v. t.)
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
(v. t.)
To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.
To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate.
(v. t.)
Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.
Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.
(v. t.)
Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment.
Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment.
(v. i.)
To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.
To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of.
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