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förutsäga — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • slate noun A fine-grained gray rock that splits easily into thin flat sheets, often used for roofing.

Senses

förutsäga is used for these senses in English:

  • divine (transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
  • forecast To estimate how something will be in the future.
  • 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.
  • slate (transitive, chiefly, US) To anticipate or strongly expect.

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.

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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