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  • 31Prediction — (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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  • 32herald — 1. noun 1) historical a herald announced the armistice Syn: messenger, courier; proclaimer, announcer, crier 2) the first herald of spring Syn: harbinger, sign, indicator, indication, signal …

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  • 33presage — 1. verb the owl s hooting presages death Syn: portend, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be an omen of, herald, be a sign of, be the harbinger of, warn of, be a presage of, signal, bode, promise, threaten; literary betoken, foretoken,… …

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  • 34omen — n 1. portent, sign, token, foretoken, harbinger; premonition, preindication, forewarning, foreshadowing, handwriting on the wall. 2. prognostic, prognostication, prediction, forecast, prophecy, prefigurement, augury, auspice, vaticination,… …

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  • 35presage — n 1. presentiment, foreboding, feeling, vague feeling, Inf. funny feeling, Inf. feeling in one s bones, suspicion, Inf. sneaking suspicion, Inf. hunch, intuition; anxiety, misgiving, apprehension, apprehen siveness, boding; dread, fear, ill… …

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  • 36shadow — n 1. silhouette, adumbration, outline, reflection. 2. shade, shadiness. See shade(def. 1). 3. shelter, protection, refuge, asylum, haven, sanctuary, sanctum, safety zone, Scot. bield; security, safety, safekeeping, preservation; help, aid,… …

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  • 37presage — [n] prediction, indication apprehension, apprehensiveness, augury, auspice, bodement, boding, forecast, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, intimation, misgiving, omen, portent, premonition, prenotion, presentiment, prognostic, prognostication,… …

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  • 38Auspicate — Aus pi*cate, v. t. 1. To foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before… …

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  • 39Ominate — Om i*nate, v. t. & i. [L. ominatus, p. p. of ominari to presage, fr. omen.] To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 40Portent — Por*tent (?; 277), n. [L. portentum. See {Portend}.] That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. Shak. [1913 Webster] My loss by dire portents the god foretold. Dryden. [1913… …

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