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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | estimate, consider |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, approximate, augur, forecast, foretell, guess, judge, make rough guess, place, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, put, reckon, regard, think, vaticinate |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
| 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: | forecast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, guess |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, anticipate, augur, calculate, call the turn, conclude, conjecture, demonstrate, determine, divine, dope out, estimate, figure, figure out*, foresee, foretell, gather, gauge, in the cards, infer, plan, portend, predetermine, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, reason, see it coming, soothsay, surmise, telegraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | forewarn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | caution that something may happen |
| Synonyms: | admonish, advise, alarm, alert, apprise, dissuade, flag, forbode, give fair warning, give the high sign, portend, premonish, pull one's coat, put a bug in one's ear, put on guard, put one wise, telegraph, tip, tip off, wave a red flag |
| Main Entry: | herald |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring message |
| Synonyms: | advertise, announce, ballyhoo, broadcast, declare, forerun, foretoken, harbinger, indicate, pave the way, portend, precede, preindicate, presage, proclaim, promise, publicize, publish, show, tout, trumpet, usher in |
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