forebode :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (5)

promise, anticipate, prognosticate, foretell, predict

v. make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

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v. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"

forecast, omen, presage, augur, auspicate, bode, portend, prognosticate, betoken, foreshadow, foretell, prefigure, predict

v. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"

conjecture, speculate, suppose, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothecate

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

estimate, gauge, guess, judge, approximate

v. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

foresee, envision

v. picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"

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forebode

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