A crow's cry at midnight was said to presage death in the village.
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Presage
Synonyms for "presage" (126 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (63)
heraldhunchimprobabilityindicatemake a predictionmake a prognosismake a prophecymeanmisgivingportentpreapprehensionprecedeprecognitionpredictpredictionprefigurationprefigureprefigurementprefiguringpreindicate
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premonitionprenotionpresagementpresagingpresciencepresentimentpreshowingpresignifyingprobabilityprognosisprognosticprognosticateprognosticationpromiseprophecyprophesyprophesyingprospectusread palmsread tea leavesread the futureshadowshadow forthsoothsayspeculatespeculationspellstatistical predictiontell fortunestell the futurethreatthreatenvaticinatevaticination
Noun(5 words)
Verb(4 words)
Related word relations
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13 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- знамение noun (warning; omen)
- поличба noun (warning; omen)
- предчувствие noun (intuition; presentiment)
- предвещавам verb (to make a prediction)
Catalan
3 entries- intuïció noun (intuition; presentiment)
- presagi noun (warning; omen)
- presagi noun (intuition; presentiment)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 徵兆 /征兆 noun (warning; omen)
- 預兆 /预兆 noun (warning; omen)
- 預感 /预感 noun (intuition; presentiment)
Czech
4 entries- předtucha noun (intuition; presentiment)
- předzvěst noun (warning; omen)
- být předzvěstí verb (to predict or foretell something)
- předpovídat verb (to predict or foretell something)
Dutch
4 entries- voorgevoel noun (intuition; presentiment)
- voorteken noun (warning; omen)
- aankondigen verb (to predict or foretell something)
- een voorgevoel hebben verb (to have a presentiment of)
Finnish
4 entries- aavistus noun (intuition; presentiment)
- enne noun (warning; omen)
- aavistaa verb (to have a presentiment of)
- ennustaa verb (to predict or foretell something)
French
1 entries- présage noun (warning; omen)
Georgian
2 entries- ცუდი წინათგრძნობის ქონა noun (warning; omen)
- წინათგრძნობა noun (intuition; presentiment)
Greek
1 entries- προμήνυμα noun (warning; omen)
Italian
1 entries- presagio noun (warning; omen)
Latin
1 entries- ōminor verb (to predict or foretell something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوغور noun (warning; omen)
Romanian
4 entries- avertiza noun (warning; omen)
- inituiție noun (intuition; presentiment)
- prefigura noun (warning; omen)
- prefigura noun (intuition; presentiment)
Russian
2 entries- предзнаменова́ние noun (warning; omen)
- предчу́вствие noun (intuition; presentiment)
Spanish
4 entries- intuición noun (intuition; presentiment)
- presagio noun (warning; omen)
- presentimiento noun (intuition; presentiment)
- predecir verb (to make a prediction)
Ukrainian
1 entries- передві́стя noun (warning; omen)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Speak frankly, Mirzes—nor believe thy words, / Whatever black preſages they contain, / Subjoin'd to all Trophonius hath foretold, / Can change my firm reſolves, or blunt my ſword.
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Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!
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If I may truſt the flattering truth of ſleepe, / My dreames preſage ſome ioyfull newes at hand : / My boſomes L. ſits lightly in his throne : / And all this day an vnaccuſtom’d ſpirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […]
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