Meaning

2 senses
  1. To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).

    voraussehen, ahnen

    предвеща́тьpredveščátʹ

  2. To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly.

More definitions
  • make a prediction about; tell in advance

Examples

1 sentences
  1. This does not forebode anything good for you.

    ruЭто не сулит тебе ничего хорошего.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device):

Origin

From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- + bode.

From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- + bode.

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Forms

forebodes, foreboding, foreboded, foreboded
Base formforebode · to forebode
3rd person singularforebodes
Present participleforeboding
Past simpleforeboded
Past participleforeboded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforebode
he, she, itforebodes

Past simpleLesson

all personsforeboded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave foreboded
he, she, ithas foreboded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forebode

Synonyms

7 synonyms
to portend or foretell:predictA2foretellportend
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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