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[ verb ] indicate by signs

Examples

"These signs bode bad news"

Used in print

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

Figurines and simple chapels presage the emergence of sculpture and architecture in Greece ; objects in gold , ivory , and bronze grow more numerous .

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[ noun ] a foreboding about what is about to happen

Related terms

foreboding

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[ noun ] a sign of something about to happen

Examples

"he looked for an omen before going into battle"

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