"presage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/ [UK], /pɹɪˈseɪdʒ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-presage.wav [Southern-England] Forms: presages [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪdʒ, -eɪdʒ Etymology: From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*seh₂g-}}, {{inh|en|enm|presage}} Middle English presage, {{der|en|la|praesāgium}} Latin praesāgium Head templates: {{en-noun}} presage (plural presages)
  1. A warning of a future event; an omen. Translations (warning; omen): знамение (znamenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), поличба (poličba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), presagi [masculine] (Catalan), 预兆 (yùzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 征兆 (zhēngzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), předzvěst [feminine] (Czech), voorteken (Dutch), enne (Finnish), présage [masculine] (French), ცუდი წინათგრძნობის ქონა (cudi c̣inatgrʒnobis kona) (Georgian), presagio (Italian), اوغور (uğur) (english: a favorable one) (Ottoman Turkish), avertiza (Romanian), prefigura (Romanian), предзнаменова́ние (predznamenovánije) [neuter] (Russian), presagio (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-presage-en-noun-zxdjn81B Disambiguation of 'warning; omen': 98 2
  2. An intuition of a future event; a presentiment. Translations (intuition; presentiment): предчувствие (predčuvstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), presagi [masculine] (Catalan), intuïció [feminine] (Catalan), 预感 (yùgǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), předtucha [feminine] (Czech), voorgevoel (Dutch), aavistus (Finnish), წინათგრძნობა (c̣inatgrʒnoba) (Georgian), inituiție [neuter] (Romanian), presentiment [neuter] (Romanian), prefigura (Romanian), предчу́вствие (predčúvstvije) [neuter] (Russian), presentimiento [masculine] (Spanish), intuición [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-presage-en-noun-P6~zNPYI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 5 22 36 Disambiguation of 'intuition; presentiment': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præsage [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/ [UK], /pɹɪˈseɪdʒ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-presage.wav [Southern-England] Forms: presages [present, singular, third-person], presaging [participle, present], presaged [participle, past], presaged [past]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪdʒ, -eɪdʒ Etymology: From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*seh₂g-}}, {{inh|en|enm|presage}} Middle English presage, {{der|en|la|praesāgium}} Latin praesāgium Head templates: {{en-verb}} presage (third-person singular simple present presages, present participle presaging, simple past and past participle presaged)
  1. (transitive) To predict or foretell something. Tags: transitive Translations (to predict or foretell something): предсказвам (predskazvam) (Bulgarian), být předzvěstí (Czech), předpovídat [imperfective] (Czech), voorspellen (Dutch), aankondigen (Dutch), ennustaa (Finnish), ōminor (Latin), presagiar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-presage-en-verb-xhrsPlu4 Disambiguation of 'to predict or foretell something': 93 6 1
  2. (intransitive) To make a prediction. Tags: intransitive Translations (to make a prediction): предвещавам (predveštavam) (Bulgarian), ennustaa (Finnish), predecir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-presage-en-verb-mq7yOVdr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 5 22 36 Disambiguation of 'to make a prediction': 6 93 2
  3. (transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. Tags: transitive Translations (to have a presentiment of): предчувствам (predčuvstvam) (Bulgarian), věštit [imperfective] (Czech), een voorgevoel hebben (Dutch), voorvoelen (Dutch), aavistaa (Finnish), uumoilla (Finnish), ounastella (Finnish), presentir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-presage-en-verb-jSZQtG-B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 5 22 36 Disambiguation of 'to have a presentiment of': 0 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præsage [obsolete], foreshadow, forespell, portend

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "If I may truſt the flattering truth of ſleepe, / My dreames preſage ſome ioyfull newes at hand : / My boſomes L. ſits lightly in his throne : / And all this day an vnaccuſtom’d ſpirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […]"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "warning; omen",
      "word": "ცუდი წინათგრძნობის ქონა"
    },
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      "word": "presagio"
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      "word": "اوغور"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "warning; omen",
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      "word": "предзнаменова́ние"
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      "tags": [
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          "ref": "(Q2 version)",
          "text": "If I may truſt the flattering truth of ſleepe, / My dreames preſage ſome ioyfull newes at hand : / My boſomes L. ſits lightly in his throne : / And all this day an vnaccuſtom’d ſpirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […]"
        },
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          "ref": "2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a second term, Obama will confront familiar headwinds”, in The New York Times",
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        "(transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow."
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      "rhymes": "-ɛsɪdʒ"
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      "word": "portend"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predskazvam",
      "sense": "to predict or foretell something",
      "word": "предсказвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to predict or foretell something",
      "word": "být předzvěstí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to predict or foretell something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "předpovídat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to predict or foretell something",
      "word": "voorspellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to predict or foretell something",
      "word": "aankondigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to predict or foretell something",
      "word": "ennustaa"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to predict or foretell something",
      "word": "ōminor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to predict or foretell something",
      "word": "presagiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predveštavam",
      "sense": "to make a prediction",
      "word": "предвещавам"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a prediction",
      "word": "ennustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a prediction",
      "word": "predecir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predčuvstvam",
      "sense": "to have a presentiment of",
      "word": "предчувствам"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to have a presentiment of",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to have a presentiment of",
      "word": "een voorgevoel hebben"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to have a presentiment of",
      "word": "voorvoelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to have a presentiment of",
      "word": "aavistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to have a presentiment of",
      "word": "uumoilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to have a presentiment of",
      "word": "ounastella"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to have a presentiment of",
      "word": "presentir"
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}

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