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 |