Meaning & use
Presage
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To indicate or warn of something, especially a future event, in advance.
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Dark clouds on the horizon seemed to presage a violent storm.
The economist's report presaged a downturn that arrived just months later.
A note on using this word
As a noun, "presage" refers to the omen or sign itself, distinct from the verb form.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An omen or sign of something to come.
Ancient sailors read the seabirds' flight as a presage of the weather ahead.
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