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ennustaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • augur noun A person in ancient Rome who interpreted omens and signs, especially from the behavior of birds, to predict the future.
  • divine adj Relating to or coming from God or a god.
  • forecast verb To predict how something, especially the weather or the economy, will develop.
  • foresee verb To know or realize something will happen before it does.
  • 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 sign that warns of something about to happen.
  • prognosticate verb To say what will happen in the future, using knowledge or skill.
  • project noun A planned piece of work with a specific goal, carried out in stages.

Senses

ennustaa 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.
  • divine (transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
  • forecast To estimate how something will be in the future.
  • foresee (obsolete) To provide.
  • 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 have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
  • prognosticate (transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.

augur — full definition

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

divine — full definition

  1. adj Relating to or coming from God or a god.
  2. adj Wonderful or delightful, in an exaggerated, almost heavenly sense.
  3. verb To work something out through guesswork, intuition, or insight rather than being told directly.
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