Definition of Presage
Presage
pre·sage
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A sign or warning that something is going to happen.
e.g. The unusual weather patterns were a presage of the devastating hurricane.
(noun)
something that predicts or foreshadows a future event;
e.g. The sailors saw the bird as a presage that they were approaching land.
(verb)
to foreshadow or predict something, to provide a warning or to be an omen of something;
e.g. She was able to presage the outcome of their mission
(verb)
to provide a warning or sign of something that will happen in the future;
e.g. The workers' strike may presage a larger communal riot.
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