voorspellen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- augur noun A person in ancient Rome who interpreted omens and signs, especially from the behaviour of birds, to predict the future.
- bode verb To be a sign that something (usually bad) will happen; to portend.
- forecast verb To predict how something, especially the weather or the economy, will develop.
- foretell verb To predict or announce something before it happens.
- predict verb To say what will happen in the future, based on knowledge, evidence, or reasoning.
- presage noun A warning of a future event; an omen.
Senses
voorspellen is used for these senses in English:
- augur To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.
- bode (ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
- forecast To estimate how something will be in the future.
- foretell (ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
- predict (transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
- presage (transitive) To predict or foretell something.
augur — full definition
- noun A person in ancient Rome who interpreted omens and signs, especially from the behaviour of birds, to predict the future.
- verb To be a sign of something to come; to predict or foreshadow.