presage

🇺🇸 /ˈpresɪdʒ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpresɪdʒ/
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noun
R

a sign that something is going to happen

The dark clouds were a presage of the storm that was about to come.

verb
R

to indicate that something is going to happen

The strange noise from the engine presaged a breakdown.

translation

n. a sign that something is going to happen
v. to indicate that something is going to happen

Word Forms

3rd Present presages
Progressive presaging
Past presaged
Perfect presaged
Plural presages