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предска́зывать — meaning in English

predskazyvat

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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.
  • bespeak verb To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
  • 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.
  • prognosticate verb To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
  • prophesy verb To predict what will happen, especially by claiming divine or special insight.

Senses

предска́зывать 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.
  • bespeak (transitive, archaic) To forbode; foretell.
  • 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.
  • prognosticate (transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
  • prophesy To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.

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.

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.

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