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presage
English
Etymology
From Middle French presage, from Latin praes?gium.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??s?d?/, /p???se?d?/
- Rhymes: -e?d?
- Hyphenation: pre?sage
Noun
presage (plural presages)
- A warning of a future event; an omen.
- An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXII:
- Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXII:
Translations
Verb
presage (third-person singular simple present presages, present participle presaging, simple past and past participle presaged)
- (transitive) To predict or foretell something.
- (Q2 version):
- If I may tru?t the flattering truth of ?leepe, / My dreames pre?age ?ome ioyfull newes at hand?: / My bo?omes L. ?its lightly in his throne?: / And all this day an vnaccu?tom’d ?pirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […]
- (Q2 version):
- (intransitive) To make a prediction.
- (transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
Synonyms
- foreshadow
- forespell
- portend
Translations
Anagrams
- asperge, preages, sperage
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precursor
English
Alternative forms
- præcursor (chiefly obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?i??k??.s??/, /p???k??.s??/
Noun
precursor (plural precursors)
- That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
Related terms
- cursor
Derived terms
- precursory
Translations
Adjective
precursor (not comparable)
- (telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.
Antonyms
- postcursor
See also
- ISI
References
- precursor at OneLook Dictionary Search
- precursor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Intersymbol interference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- procurers
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursors, feminine plural precursores)
- precursory, preceding
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors, feminine precursora)
- precursor
Further reading
- “precursor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “precursor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “precursor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “precursor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin praecursor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre?k?rs?r/
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors, diminutive precursortje n)
- precursor, forerunner
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor; forerunner (something that led to the development of another)
Related terms
- cursor
Adjective
precursor m (feminine singular precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras, comparable)
- precursory (pertaining to events that will follow)
Further reading
- “precursor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French précurseur.
Noun
precursor m (plural precursori)
- precursor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursory, preceding
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor, forerunner
Related terms
- cursor
Further reading
- “precursor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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