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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

  1. noun A person in ancient Rome who interpreted omens and signs, especially from the behaviour of birds, to predict the future.
  2. verb To be a sign of something to come; to predict or foreshadow.

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