presage
presage Lexical Profile
presage Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one).
"Declining consumer confidence often presages a broader economic recession."
To predict or have a presentiment of a future event.
"The philosopher accurately presaged the social upheavals that would transform the continent."
• noun
A sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent.
"The sudden drop in barometric pressure was a clear presage of the approaching hurricane."
An intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future; a premonition.
"She felt a chilling presage of disaster long before the news reached the village."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French presage, from Latin praesagium ('a foreboding'), derived from prae- ('before') and sagire ('to perceive keenly').