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10 Language-to-English DictionariesForebode
/fɔːrˈboʊd/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To act as an omen of a future event, especially a bad or disastrous one.
"The dark clouds gathering on the horizon forebode a severe storm." - 2
To have an inward conviction of a future misfortune or disaster.
"She could not shake the feeling that foreboded great trouble for the expedition."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'forbodian', combining the prefix 'for-' (denoting prohibition, opposition, or completion) and 'bodian' (to announce or preach, from Old English 'bodian'). Historically, it shifted from meaning to prohibit or announce beforehand to its modern sense of acting as an omen or warning of a future event.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Forebode" is said worldwide
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présager
Transliteration: preh-zah-zhay
"Ces signes présagent un avenir difficile."
vorherbedeuten
Transliteration: foor-hehr-buh-doy-ten
"Die dunklen Wolken vorherbedeuten ein Gewitter."
presagire
Transliteration: preh-zah-jee-reh
"Questi eventi presagiscono una crisi."
presagiar
Transliteration: preh-sah-hhyar
"El silencio repentino parecía presagiar el peligro."
presagiar
Transliteration: preh-zah-zhee-ar
"Aqueles sinais pareciam presagiar uma tragédia."
पूर्aाभास होना
Transliteration: poorvabhas hona
"इन घटनाओं से किसी बड़ी अनिष्ट का पूर्वाभास होता है।"
预示
Transliteration: yùshì
"乌云预示着一场暴风雨即将来临。"
전조하다
Transliteration: jeon-jo-ha-da
"그 먹구름은 폭풍우를 전조했다."
予兆する
Transliteration: yochou suru
"その不吉な出来事は大災害を予兆していた。"
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