presage
pronunciation
How to pronounce presage in British English:
UK [ˈpresɪdʒ]
How to pronounce presage in American English:
US [ˈprɛsɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a foreboding about what is about to happen
- a sign of something about to happen
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- Verb:
- indicate by signs
Word Origin
- presage
- presage: see seek
- presage (n.)
- late 14c., "something that portends," from Latin praesagium "a foreboding," from praesagire "to perceive beforehand, forebode," from praesagus (adj.) "perceiving beforehand, prophetic," from prae "before" (see pre-) + sagus "prophetic," related to sagire "perceive" (see sagacious).
- presage (v.)
- 1560s, from Middle French présager (16c.), from présage "omen," from Latin praesagium (see presage (n.)). Related: Presaged; presaging.
Example
- 1. They may also presage a new period of declining prices .
- 2. This may yet presage better things to come .
- 3. The surge in lending could presage faster growth and higher inflation this year if left unchecked .
- 4. They are also emblematic of increasing fears about china , about the threats to u.s. power that chinese economic and military strength may presage .
- 5. Cooling import growth could also presage an export slowdown as a large proportion of china 's imports are raw materials and other items that are turned into finished goods and re-exported .