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vorhersagen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bespeak verb To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
  • forecast verb To predict how something, especially the weather or the economy, will develop.
  • foretell verb To predict or announce something before it happens.
  • portend verb To serve as a warning or omen of.
  • predict verb To say what will happen in the future, based on knowledge, evidence, or reasoning.
  • spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.

Senses

vorhersagen is used for these senses in English:

  • bespeak (transitive, archaic) To forbode; foretell.
  • forecast To estimate how something will be in the future.
  • foretell (ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
  • portend (transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
  • 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.
  • spell (transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun. [from 19th c.]

bespeak — full definition

  1. verb To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
  2. verb To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
  3. verb To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
  4. verb To forbode; foretell.

forecast — full definition

  1. verb To predict how something, especially the weather or the economy, will develop.
  2. noun A prediction about future conditions, especially the weather.

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