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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to foreshadow |
| Synonyms: | augur, betoken, forebode, forecast, foreshow, foretell, herald, indicate, message, offer, omen, portend, predict, presage, signify, stop |
| Main Entry: | augur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict; be an omen of |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, bespeak, bode, call it, call the shots, crystal-ball, figure out, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, harbinger, have a hunch, herald, portend, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, psych out, read, signify, soothsay |
| Notes: | an auger is a tool and to augur is to foretell or betoken |
| Main Entry: | forebode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, warn |
| Synonyms: | augur, betoken, bode, divine, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, indicate, omen, portend, premonish, presage, prognosticate, promise |
| Main Entry: | foreshadow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indicate |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, augur, be in the wind, betoken, bode, forebode, foretell, hint, imply, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, promise, prophesy, shadow, signal, suggest, telegraph |
| Main Entry: | foretell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, warn |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, announce, anticipate, apprehend, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, call, call it, call the shot, crystal ball it, declare, disclose, divine, divulge, dope out, dope*, figure, figure out*, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foreshadow, forewarn, make book, portend, prefigure, presage, proclaim, prognosticate, prophesy, psych, read, reveal, see something coming, signify, soothsay, tell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | portend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foreshadow, indicate |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, augur, be in the cards, bespeak, betoken, bode, call*, crystal-ball, forebode, forecast, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, harbinger, have a hunch, herald, hint, omen, point to, predict, premonish, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, read, see coming, threaten, warn of |
| Notes: | portend means to indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future or to foreshadow or to bode; pretend means to make believe with the intent to deceive or to give a false appearance of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict or have a feeling |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, announce, augur, betoken, bode, divine, feel, forebode, forecast, forerun, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, harbinger, herald, intuit, omen, point to, portend, preindicate, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, sense, signify, soothsay, vaticinate, warn |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring hope, possibility |
| Synonyms: | augur, bespeak, betoken, bode, denote, encourage, forebode, foreshadow, foretoken, give hope, hint, hold out hope, hold probability, indicate, lead to expect, like, look, omen, portend, presage, seem likely, show signs of, suggest |
| Antonyms: | discourage |
| Main Entry: | adumbrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foreshadow |
| Synonyms: | augur, bode, cloud, darken, foretell, indicate, intimate, mist, obfuscate, obscure, outline, portend, sketch, suggest |
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