n.

1. An indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen.
2. A feeling or intuition of what is going to occur; a presentiment.
3. Prophetic significance or meaning.
4. Archaic. A prediction.

v., -saged, -sag·ing, -sag·es. (prĭ-sāj', prĕs'ĭj)

v.tr.

1. To indicate or warn of in advance; portend.
2. To have a presentiment of.
3. To foretell or predict.

v.intr.

To make or utter a prediction.

[Middle English, from Latin praesāgium, from praesāgīre, to perceive beforehand : prae-, pre- + sāgīre, to perceive.]

presageful pre·sage'ful (prĭ-sāj'fəl) adj.

noun

A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil: augury, forerunner, foretoken, omen, portent, prefigurement, prognostic, prognostication, sign. Idioms: writinghandwritingon the wall. See foresight, warn/invite.

verb

To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, prognosticate. See foresight, show/hide.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a foreboding about what is about to happen

Meaning #2: a sign of something about to happen
  Synonyms: omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication

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The verb presage has one meaning:

Meaning #1: indicate by signs
  Synonyms: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - varsle
v. intr. - ane, forudsige
n. - varsel

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorteken, voorgevoel

Français (French)
v. tr. - laisser présager
v. intr. - présager
n. - présage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorzeichen, Vorahnung
v. - vorahnen, prophezeien

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οιωνός, προαίσθημα

Italiano (Italian)
presagio, presentimento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - presságio (m)

Русский (Russian)
знамение, предчувствие

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - presagiar, anunciar, predecir
v. intr. - presagiar
n. - presagio, anuncio, predicción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förebud, järtecken, föraning

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
预示, 预兆, 预言, 预感, 预知

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預示, 預兆, 預言, 預感, 預知
v. intr. - 預言, 預感, 預知
n. - 預感, 預知, 預兆

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에 전조가 되다, 예시하다
v. intr. - 예지[예감]하다
n. - 예감, 육감

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 前兆, 前触れ, 予感
v. - 前兆となる, 予言する, 予感する, 予知する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نذير, بشير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮בישר, הזהיר‬
v. intr. - ‮היווה אות, היתה לו תחושה מוקדמת‬
n. - ‮אות מבשר, אות רע, רגש מבשר רע‬

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