1. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
2. make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
3. foreshadow or presage

Similar Words: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, prefigure, forecast, predict, call, forebode, anticipate, promise, announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald

 

Hyponyms: threaten, foreshow, read, second-guess, outguess, augur, bet, wager, forecast, calculate, prophesy, vaticinate

 

Derivational Morphology: prognosis, forecast, augur, auspex, prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration, omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy, auspice, foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding, prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prophecy, vaticination, forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer, anticipation, prevision, harbinger, forerunner, herald, precursor, annunciator