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presaging

/ˈprɛsɪdʒɪŋ/

presagingnoun

presagings

/prɪˈseɪdʒɪŋ/

Gerundial noun meaning 'the act of foreshadowing'.

Translations

présageAu sens de signe annonciateur d’un événement futur.

His presaging of market trends was remarkably accurate.

Son présage des tendances du marché était remarquablement exact.

Additional translations

augurePlus soutenu; s’emploie dans le sens de signe ou annonce d’un événement à venir.

Definitions

The act of predicting or foreshadowing something.

His presaging of market trends was remarkably accurate.

presaginggerund / present participle

/prɪˈseɪdʒɪŋ/

More precise tag for participial adjective; gerund form functions adjectivally.

Translations

annonciateurQui annonce ou laisse présager un événement futur.

A presaging silence fell over the crowd.

Un silence annonciateur s’abattit sur la foule.

Additional translations

présageantEmploi plus littéraire ou plus proche du participe présent.

Definitions

Indicating or warning of a future event; foreshadowing.

A presaging silence fell over the crowd.

Synonyms

presageverb

presaging

Gerund

presaged

Past Simple

presaged

Past Participle

presaging

Gerund

/ˈprɛsɪdʒ/

Translations

présager

The dark clouds presage a storm.

Les nuages sombres présagent une tempête.

Additional translations

pressentirS’emploie pour l’idée d’un pressentiment ou d’une anticipation intuitive.

annoncerSens plus général de « laisser prévoir » ; souvent naturel dans le registre courant.

Definitions

To give an omen or warning of; to foreshadow or predict.

The dark clouds presage a storm.

To have a presentiment of; to anticipate or predict.

She presaged that the meeting would not go well.

Synonyms

presagenoun

Definitions

A sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent.

The dark clouds on the horizon were a presage of the coming storm.

A feeling or intuition that something is going to happen.

She had a presage that the meeting would not go well.

A prediction or prophecy; the act of foretelling something before it happens.

His presages of economic collapse went unheeded by policymakers.