nnoun.cognitionthe act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehandSynset:adumbration prefiguration
Derivationally Related Form:prefigureforeshadow
Hypernyms:anticipation prediction prevision
Inherited Hypernyms:prefigurationpredictionreasoningthinkinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.communicationindicate, as with a sign or an omenSynset:augur auspicate betoken bode forecast foreshadow foretell omen portend predict prefigure presage prognosticate
Examples:- These signs bode bad news
Derivationally Related Form:augurauspiceomenforeshadowingprognosispredictivepresageportentprognosticationprefigurativeforecast
Hypernyms:bespeak betoken indicate point signal
Inherited Hypernyms:bodebespeaktellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:foreshowthreaten
Full Troponyms:foreshowthreaten
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
adj satadj.allindistinctly propheticSynset:adumbrative prefigurative
Antonyms:unprophetic
Derivationally Related Form:prefigure
Inherited Hypernyms:adumbrative
Similar to:prophetic prophetical