presage

  • 21presage — UK [ˈpresɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms presage : present tense I/you/we/they presage he/she/it presages present participle presaging past tense presaged past participle presaged formal to be a sign that something is going to happen,… …

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  • 22Présage — Le présage (du latin præsagium) est un terme générique désignant une manifestation des dieux afin de faire connaître l avenir. Les haruspices étrusques, dans leur pratique divinatoire, utilisaient plusieurs systèmes d interprétation des… …

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  • 23presage — presageful, adj. presagefully, adv. presager, n. n. /pres ij/; v. /pres ij, pri sayj /, n., v., presaged, presaging. n. 1. a presentiment or foreboding. 2. something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning… …

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  • 24presage — 1. verb the owl s hooting presages death Syn: portend, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be an omen of, herald, be a sign of, be the harbinger of, warn of, be a presage of, signal, bode, promise, threaten; literary betoken, foretoken,… …

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  • 25presage — noun /ˈprɛsɪdʒ / (say presij) 1. a presentiment or foreboding. 2. a prophetic impression. 3. something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication: *The sky lowered more threateningly and the sea… …

  • 26presage — pres|age [ presıdʒ ] verb transitive FORMAL to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad: An artificially strong peso may presage serious problems for the country …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27presage — [[t]pre̱sɪʤ[/t]] presages, presaging, presaged VERB If something presages a situation or event, it is considered to be a warning or sign of what is about to happen. [FORMAL] [V n] ...the dawn s loud chorus that seemed to presage a bright hot… …

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  • 28presage — verb (T) literary to be a warning or a sign that something is going to happen especially something bad: A chill breeze blows, presaging winter. presage noun (C) …

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  • 29presage — pres•age [[t]ˈprɛs ɪdʒ[/t]] v. [[t]also prɪˈseɪdʒ[/t]] v. aged, ag•ing, n. 1) to portend; foreshadow: The incidents may presage war[/ex] 2) to forecast; predict 3) to make a prediction 4) presentiment; foreboding 5) something that portends or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30Présage d'Hindenburg — Le présage d Hindenburg (en anglais, The Hindenburg Omen) est, en matière financière, une analyse technique qui tente de prédire un futur krach boursier. Son nom fait référence à la catastrophe du Hindenburg, durant laquelle un zeppelin allemand… …

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