prefigure (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *prefigure*:
VERB	creation	prefigure	imagine or consider beforehand
communication	prefigure, bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, forecast, predict	indicate by signs

English > *prefigure*: 2 senses > verb 1, creation
Meaning	imagine or consider beforehand.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
Broader	imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage	form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Spanish	prefigurar
Nouns	prefiguration	the act of providing vague advance indications
Nouns	prefiguration	an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come

English > *prefigure*: 2 senses > verb 2, communication
Meaning	Indicate by signs.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, forecast, predict
Narrower	foreshow	foretell by divine inspiration
Narrower	threaten	To be a menacing indication of something
Broader	bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal	Be a signal for or a symptom of
Spanish	agorar, anunciarse, augurar, predecir, prefigurar, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar
Catalan	augurar, predir, presagiar, pronosticar, vaticinar
Adjectives	prefigurative	indistinctly prophetic

HyperDic: prefigure