forebode
To predict a future eventTo predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
» This does not forebode anything good for you.
Это не сулит тебе ничего хорошего. — odexed
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2 sensesTo predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
voraussehen, ahnen
предвеща́тьpredveščátʹ
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.
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
Examples
1 sentencesThis does not forebode anything good for you.
ruЭто не сулит тебе ничего хорошего. — odexed
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
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, forebodedSynonyms
7 synonyms- make a prediction about; tell in advance:predictforetellprognosticatecallanticipatepromise
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.