presage as a noun: - 1
- 2
as a verb: - 1
presage
noun
1 presage
A foreboding about what is about to happen.
2 presage
A sign of something about to happen.
synonyms: omen, portent, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication.
Roget 512:
omen,
portent,
presage,
prognostic,
augury,
auspice;
sign
etc.
(indication)
550;
harbinger
etc.
(precursor)
64;
yule candle†.
bird of ill omen;
signs of the times;
gathering clouds;
warning
etc.
668.
prefigurement
etc.
511.
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Dutch: voorspook, voorteken, prefiguratie, voorafschaduwing, voorbode, voorloper
verb
1 presage
Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, prognosticate ... show more.
Roget 116:
precede,
come before;
forerun;
go before
etc.
(lead)
280;
preexist;
dawn;
presage
etc.
511;
herald,
usher in.
be beforehand
etc.
(be early)
132;
steal a march upon,
anticipate,
forestall;
have the start,
gain the start.
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Roget 511:
predict,
prognosticate,
prophesy,
vaticinate,
divine,
foretell,
soothsay,
augurate†,
tell fortunes;
cast a horoscope,
cast a nativity;
advise;
forewarn
etc.
668.
presage,
augur,
bode;
abode,
forebode;
foretoken,
betoken;
prefigure,
preshow†;
portend;
foreshow†,
foreshadow;
shadow forth,
typify,
pretypify†,
ominate†,
signify,
point to.
usher in,
herald,
premise,
announce;
lower.
hold out expectation,
raise expectation,
excite expectation,
excite hope;
bid fair,
promise,
lead one to expect;
be the precursor
etc.
64.
[predict by mathematical or statistical means from past experience]
extrapolate,
project.
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Dutch: voorbeduiden, beduiden, aankondigen, voorspellen, waarzeggen, wichelen
Moby thesaurus: actuarial prediction, adumbrate, apocalypse, apprehensiveness, augur, augury, auspicate, bespeak, betoken, bode, boding, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, clairvoyance, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water, forebode, foreboding, forecast, forecasting, forefeeling, foreknowing, foreknowledge, forerun, foresee, foreseeability, foreshadow, foreshow, foreshowing, foresight, foretell, foretelling, foretoken, forewisdom, fortune-tell, guess, guesswork, harbinger, hariolate, have a hunch, have an intimation, herald, hunch, improbability, indicate, make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a prophecy, misgiving, omen, portend, portent, preapprehension, precognition, predict, prediction, prefiguration, prefigure, prefigurement, prefiguring, preindicate, premonition, prenotion, presagement, presaging, prescience, presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, probability, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticate, prognostication, promise, prophecy, prophesy, prophesying, prospectus, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future, shadow, shadow forth, soothsay, speculate, speculation, statistical prediction, tell fortunes, tell the future, vaticinate, vaticination ... show more.
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