English > forebode: 1 sense > verb 1, communication| Meaning | make a prediction about; tell in advance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Synonyms | predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, anticipate, promise |
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| Narrower | augur | predict from an omen |
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| bet, wager | Maintain with or as if with a bet |
| forecast, calculate | predict in advance |
| prophesy, vaticinate | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration |
| read | interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky |
| second-guess, outguess | attempt to anticipate or predict |
| Broader | guess, venture, pretend, hazard | Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation |
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| Spanish | anticipar, augurar, predecir, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar |
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| Catalan | anticipar, augurar, predir, presagiar, preveure, pronosticar, vaticinar |
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| Nouns | foreboding | an unfavorable omen |
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| foreboding | a feeling of evil to come |