| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil: augury, forerunner, foretoken, omen, portent, prefigurement, prognostic, prognostication, sign. Idioms: writing (or handwriting) on the wall. See FORESIGHT, WARN. | | VERB: | To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, prognosticate. See FORESIGHT, SHOW.
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