presages in English

noun

1

a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent.

the fever was a somber presage of his final illness

synonyms: omen, sign, indication, portent, warning, forewarning, danger sign, harbinger, augury, prophecy, foretoken

verb

1

(of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen.

the outcome of the game presaged the coming year

synonyms: portend, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be an omen of, herald, be a sign of, be the harbinger of, warn of, be a presage of, signal, bode, promise, threaten, betoken, foretoken, forebode

noun

• omen, sign, indication, portent, warning, forewarning, danger sign, harbinger, augury, prophecy, foretoken
• prognostication, omen, prodigy, prognostic, portent

verb

• portend, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be an omen of, herald, be a sign of, be the harbinger of, warn of, be a presage of, signal, bode, promise, threaten, betoken, foretoken, forebode
• prognosticate, betoken, omen, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate

Use "presages" in a sentence

1. This is a cheerful work with a delectable slow movement and a finale which presages Papageno's music.

2. Lawrence’s Day presages a fair autumn.” August 11 marks the end of the Dog Days of Summer, which began on July 3

3. Massine's The Seventh Symphony was one of his Allegorical symphonic ballets, like the earlier Les Presages and Choreartium; this one suggested, no less, the creation and destruction of the world.