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Vorzeichen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • augury noun A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
  • forerunner noun A runner at the front or ahead.
  • harbinger noun A person or sign that shows something is about to happen, especially something important.
  • sign noun A visible indication that something exists, is happening, or is about to happen.

Senses

Vorzeichen is used for these senses in English:

  • augury A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
  • augury (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
  • forerunner A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
  • harbinger A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
  • sign An omen.
  • sign (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.

augury — full definition

  1. noun A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
  2. noun An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
  3. noun An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.

forerunner — full definition

  1. noun A runner at the front or ahead.
  2. noun By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
  3. noun A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
  4. noun A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.

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