Presage
Pronounced:
< press-edge >
Pronounced:
< press-edge >
A feeling about something that will happen. Intuition.
Daily use:
I have a presage that this will be a good meeting. We always good meetings on Friday.
Common use:
The lawyer had a presage that the judge would acquit his client.
I have a presage that this will be a good meeting. We always good meetings on Friday.
Common use:
The lawyer had a presage that the judge would acquit his client.
Literary use:
Walter Scott
...obtained the character originally, have been at least generally received as matters of ominous presage;
Walter Scott
...obtained the character originally, have been at least generally received as matters of ominous presage;
Memory trick:
presage
presage
pre (reminds of ) = before
sage (means) = a person who predicts things
pre-tells of before - the sage
Listen: Presage
sage (means) = a person who predicts things
pre-tells of before - the sage
Listen: Presage
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