FORETOKENINGS Synonyms

• successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

• the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

• an early warning about a future event

• a sign of something about to happen

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• a sign of something about to happen

• the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

• a statement made about the future

• an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come

• the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

• knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

• a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

• a public display of a message

• any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

• structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted

• (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

• (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease

• having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)

• an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

• a gesture that is part of a sign language

• a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified

• a character indicating a relation between quantities

• used of the language of the deaf

• mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)

• approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

• be engaged by a written agreement

• engage by written agreement

• communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

• place signs, as along a road

• communicate in sign language

• make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate