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förebud — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • augury noun A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
  • harbinger noun A person or sign that shows something is about to happen, especially something important.
  • premonition noun A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something bad, before there is any real evidence of it.

Senses

förebud is used for these senses in English:

  • augury (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
  • harbinger A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
  • premonition A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.

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.

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