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Presage

  1. noun

    a foreboding about what is about to happen

  2. noun

    a sign of something about to happen

    he looked for an omen before going into battle

    Similar: omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy

  3. verb

    indicate by signs

    These signs bode bad news

    Similar: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

Word family

presagement · presaged · presaging

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Word parts

pre-