presage

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/ UK /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to foretell or be a sign of; an omen or foreboding

The eerie silence seemed to presage disaster.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to foretell or be a sign... foretell portendforebodeaugur prognosticate herald omen foreshadow

Word family

Derived forms presagefulpresager

Related forms sage sagaciouspresagement

Etymology

From Latin praesagium ('a foreboding'), from praesagire ('to perceive beforehand'), from prae- ('before') + sagire ('to perceive keenly').

praesagium Latin sagire Latin

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# presage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/

## Meanings
1. to foretell or be a sign of; an omen or foreboding

## Examples
- The eerie silence seemed to presage disaster.

## Synonyms
- foretell
- portend
- forebode
- augur
- prognosticate
- herald
- omen
- foreshadow

## Derived Forms
- presageful
- presager

## Related Forms
- sage
- sagacious
- presagement

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: praesagium
- Root: sagire

## Etymology
From Latin praesagium ('a foreboding'), from praesagire ('to perceive beforehand'), from prae- ('before') + sagire ('to perceive keenly').

## AI Etymology
Presage is from Latin praesagium ('a foreboding'), from praesagire ('to perceive beforehand'), from prae- ('before') + sagire ('to perceive keenly'). Important recorded forms include praesagium (Latin) and sagire (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers to foretell or be a sign of; an omen or foreboding. The wider family includes derived forms such as presageful and presager and related words such as sage, sagacious, and presagement.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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