PREDICT

• (verb) indicate by signs

  "These signs bode bad news"

  synonyms : augur , auspicate , betoken , bode , forecast , foreshadow , foretell , omen , portend , prefigure , presage , prognosticate

  the brand new lock on the trunk betokens the magnitude of what has just happened. -added by diviya_inlas

  The heavy gales and dark skies prognosticated that a hurricane was on its way. -added by naila_inlas

  The scurrying insects presaged an earthquake. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance

  "Call the outcome of an election"

  synonyms : anticipate , call , forebode , foretell , prognosticate , promise

  The newspaper wrongly prognosticated the weather. -added by naila_inlas

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