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English verb: prefigure | |||
| 1. | prefigure (creation) imagine or consider beforehand | ||
| Samples | It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | ||
| 2. | prefigure (communication) indicate by signs | ||
| Samples | These signs bode bad news. | ||
| Synonyms | augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | foreshow, threaten | ||
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