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  • 61prediction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Foretelling the future Nouns 1. prediction, announcement; premonition, warning; prophecy, vaticination, prognosis, prognostication, premonstration; augury, auguration; foreboding, presentiment,… …

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  • 62premonition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. foreboding, presentiment. See warning, prediction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. omen, portent, forewarning; see sign 1 , warning . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. foreboding, presentiment, forewarning,… …

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  • 63presentiment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. prediction, foreboding, anticipation, premonition, apprehension; foretaste, prescience, omen. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. expectation, apprehension, intuition, premonition; see anticipation 2 . III (Roget …

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  • 64warning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Admonition Nouns 1. warning, forewarning, caution, caveat; notice; premonition, foreboding, prediction; lesson; admonition, monition; alarm; advisory; threat.See dissuasion. 2. warning sign, handwriting… …

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  • 65dark — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking brightness] Syn. unlighted, unlit, dim, dusky, murky, gloomy, shadowy, somber, cloudy, foggy, sunless, lightless, indistinct, dull, faint, vague, misty, darkish, deep, drab, dingy, obscure, nebulous, shady,… …

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  • 66hopeless — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Despairing] Syn. despondent, despairing, desperate, forlorn, disconsolate, depressed, dejected, melancholy, pessimistic, cynical; see also sad 1 . 2. [Discouraging] Syn. futile, unfortunate, threatening, bad, sinister,… …

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  • 67Precursor — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Precursor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 precursor precursor antecedent precedent predecessor Sgm: N 1 forerunner forerunner vancourier avant coureur pioneer prodrome| prodromos prodromus outrider …

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  • 68Prediction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Prediction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 prediction prediction announcement Sgm: N 1 program program programme &c.(plan) 626 Sgm: N 1 premonition premonition &c.(warning) 668 Sgm: N 1 prognosis prognosis …

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  • 69forebode — (v.) feel a secret premonition, c.1600, from FORE (Cf. fore ) + BODE (Cf. bode). Related: Foreboded; FOREBODING (Cf. foreboding). Old English forebodian meant to announce, declare …

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  • 70ominous — (adj.) 1580s, from L. ominosus full of foreboding, from omen (gen. ominis) foreboding (see OMEN (Cf. omen)). Related: Ominousness …

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