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单词 presage
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presage

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noun

pres·​age ˈpre-sij How to pronounce presage (audio)
also
pri-ˈsāj How to pronounce presage (audio)
1
: something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
2
: an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future
3
archaic : prognostication
4
: warning or indication of the future
presageful
pri-ˈsāj-fəl How to pronounce presage (audio)
adjective

presage

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verb

pre·​sage ˈpre-sij How to pronounce presage (audio) pri-ˈsāj How to pronounce presage (audio)
presaged; presaging

transitive verb

1
: to give an omen or warning of : foreshadow
2
: foretell, predict

intransitive verb

: to make or utter a prediction
presager noun obsolete

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The verb presage was predated by a noun presage, meaning "omen." Both forms derive from the Latin prefix prae- combined with the adjective sagus, meaning "prophetic." Foretell, predict, forecast, prophesy, and presage all mean "to tell beforehand." Foretell applies to telling of a future event by any procedure or any source of information ("seers foretold the calamity"). Predict commonly implies inference from facts or accepted laws of nature ("astronomers predicted an eclipse"). Forecast implies anticipating eventualities and is usually concerned with probabilities ("the meteorologist forecasts snow"). Prophesy connotes inspired or mystic knowledge of the future ("the soothsayer prophesied a new messiah"). Presage may apply to suggesting a coming event or indicating its likelihood.

Synonyms

Noun

  • foreboding
  • premonition
  • presentiment
  • prognostication

Verb

  • augur
  • call
  • forecast
  • foretell
  • predict
  • prognosticate
  • prophesy
  • read
  • vaticinate
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Example Sentences

Noun I had a nagging presage that the results of my medical tests would not be good. the sight of the first robin is always a welcome presage of spring Verb Many investors are worried that the current slowdown could presage another recession. events that presaged the civil rights movement
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Does President Orlean’s violent death presage that life on the new planet is doomed? Kate Aurthur, Variety, 28 Dec. 2021 Later on, jagged orchestral accents punctuate clattering and pounding percussion parts, and big brassy climaxes presage ghostly slides in the violins. Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2021 Russian forces are positioned in a way that could allow presage training exercises or something worse, according to U.S. officials. Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2021 Whether the Hallaq demonstrations, the economic malaise in the Palestinian territories, and the looming prospect of annexation presage a wider upsurge in protest remains to be seen. Tareq Baconi, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020 Signs warning drivers to signal their presence with a honk presage two bends in the narrow pass, which is wide enough for about one and a half cars. Ben Brazil, latimes.com, 16 Feb. 2018 The neighborhood went dark at 9:02 p.m. Saturday because of a downed power line – an ominous presage, Chris Haire, Orange County Register, 16 Apr. 2017
Verb
In the Optimist production, this number is sung twice; its first appearance comes at the top of the show and is rendered by Hero, who unwittingly presages the way she herself will later be undone by Claudio. Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2017 The event presaged the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, a larger citywide revolt and the subject of the monument near which Trump gave his speech Thursday. Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 6 July 2017 May 10, 2016 In March, after a terrorist attack in Westminster, Donald Trump Jr. presaged his father’s tweets on Sunday, taking a comment that Khan made out of context to criticize him. David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2017 And nothing in her life presaged the troubles that would befall her years later. Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 23 June 2017 As if presaging the coming showdown over Trump’s travel ban, which the Supreme Court could agree to hear any moment, Breyer issued a parting shot that seems aimed at keeping his colleagues on alert about what’s to come. Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, 21 June 2017 Jon Ossoff’s defeat would not tell us what will happen 17 months from now in the 2018 midterms any more than Republican Tim Burns’ defeat in a 2010 Pennsylvania special election presaged that year’s midterm outcome nationally. Chuck Todd, NBC News, 19 June 2017 The European Union’s case against Google presages what a more aggressive regulatory regime could look like here at home. Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 27 June 2017 Barry Diller, the former chairman of Paramount Pictures and latter-day Internet eminence, in conversation with V.F. editor Graydon Carter, presaged the demise of the film business. Jon Kelly, The Hive, 19 June 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Latin praesagium, from praesagus having a foreboding, from prae- + sagus prophetic — more at seek

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1562, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

presage 1 of 2

noun

1
as in feel
a feeling that something bad will happen I had a nagging presage that the results of my medical tests would not be good

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • feel
  • premonition
  • presentiment
  • worry
  • fear
  • prognostication
  • foreboding
  • portent
  • suspicion
  • anticipation
  • omen
  • sign
  • foreknowledge
  • anxiety
  • augury
  • insight
  • intuition
  • doubt
  • concern
  • impression
  • apprehensiveness
  • apprehension
  • prescience
  • perturbation
  • unease
  • dread
  • agitation
  • nervousness
  • uneasiness
  • disquiet
  • anxiousness
  • alarum
  • foresight
  • alarm
  • misgiving
  • care
2
as in forerunner
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event the sight of the first robin is always a welcome presage of spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • forerunner
  • herald
  • portent
  • omen
  • foreshadowing
  • precursor
  • prefiguring
  • hint
  • prediction
  • boding
  • augury
  • harbinger
  • foreboding
  • suggestion
  • auspice
  • foretaste
  • prophecy
  • foretelling
  • straw in the wind
  • badge
  • forewarning
  • inkling
  • intimation
  • forecast
  • prophesy
  • prognostication
  • mark
  • token
  • divination
  • note

presage

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verb

as in to predict
to tell of or describe beforehand people used to believe that a comet presaged a major event, such as the death of a king

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • predict
  • foretell
  • read
  • anticipate
  • augur
  • warn
  • forecast
  • prognosticate
  • announce
  • prophesy
  • portend
  • call
  • foresee
  • forebode
  • bode
  • promise
  • forewarn
  • vaticinate
  • herald
  • alert
  • caution
  • forbode
  • divine
  • proclaim
  • declare
  • foreknow

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • relate
  • describe
  • tell
  • report
  • narrate
  • recount
  • recite
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