FOREBODE
Dictionary entry overview: What does forebode mean?
• FOREBODE (verb)
The verb FOREBODE has 1 sense:
1. make a prediction about; tell in advance
Familiarity information: FOREBODE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FOREBODE (verb)
Meaning:
Make a prediction about; tell in advance
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
forebode; predict; prognosticate; foretell; promise; anticipate; call
Context example:
Call the outcome of an election
Hypernyms (to "forebode" is one way to...):
guess; hazard; pretend; venture (put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forebode"):
read (interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior)
outguess; second-guess (attempt to anticipate or predict)
augur (predict from an omen)
bet; wager (maintain with or as if with a bet)
calculate; forecast (predict in advance)
prophesy; vaticinate (predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
