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foreshow

[fawr-shoh, fohr-] / fɔrˈʃoʊ, foʊr- /
VERB
announce
Synonyms
STRONGEST
indicate predict signal
STRONG
augur forebode forecast foretell harbinger herald portend presage signify
WEAK
forerun
Antonyms
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be quiet bottle up conceal hide keep secret refrain repress suppress withhold
VERB
betoken
Synonyms
STRONG
assert augur bespeak betide denote express forebode foreshadow import note omen portend presage show signify symbolize witness
Antonyms
STRONG
deny
VERB
bode
Synonyms
STRONG
augur betoken forebode forecast foretell herald indicate message offer omen portend predict presage signify stop
VERB
portend
Synonyms
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augur bespeak foretell predict presage
STRONG
adumbrate betoken bode call forebode forecast forewarn harbinger herald hint omen prognosticate promise prophesy read threaten
WEAK
be in the cards crystal-ball foretoken have a hunch point to premonish see coming warn of
VERB
presage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
augur forebode foresee foreshadow foretell portend signify
STRONG
adumbrate announce betoken bode divine feel forecast foretoken forewarn harbinger herald intuit omen prognosticate promise prophesy sense vaticinate warn
WEAK
forerun point to preindicate soothsay

Example Sentences

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I behold the day-break, I foreshow, that the sun, is about to rise.

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)

T. O Laertiades! what I foreshow To mortals, either will take place or no; For 'tis the voice of Phoebus from his shrine That speaks in me and makes my words divine.

From The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry by Conington, John

Pyramids.—These foreshow attainment to honour, fame and wealth.

From Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves by Kent, Cicely

A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Could it read their gentle lines, and foreshow by any ripple of its own, the destiny of her who looked upon it?

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy