| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare arrival |
Synonyms: |
augur, forebode, forecast, forerun, foreshow, foretell, harbinger, herald, indicate, portend, predict, presage, signal, signify |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, hide, withhold |
| Main Entry: | portend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foreshadow, indicate |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, augur, be in the cards, bespeak, betoken, bode, call*, crystal-ball, forebode, forecast, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, harbinger, have a hunch, herald, hint, omen, point to, predict, premonish, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, read, see coming, threaten, warn of |
| Main Entry: | presage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict or have a feeling |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, announce, augur, betoken, bode, divine, feel, forebode, forecast, forerun, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, harbinger, herald, intuit, omen, point to, portend, preindicate, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, sense, signify, soothsay, vaticinate, warn |
| Main Entry: | betoken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indicate |
Synonyms: |
assert, augur, bespeak, betide, denote, express, forebode, foreshadow, foreshow, import, note, omen, portend, presage, show, signify, symbolize, witness |
| Main Entry: | bode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to foreshadow |
Synonyms: |
augur, betoken, forebode, forecast, foreshow, foretell, herald, indicate, message, offer, omen, portend, predict, presage, signify, stop |