foreshadow or presage

[ Syn: announce , annunciate , harbinger , herald ]

make a prediction about; tell in advance; Call the outcome of an election

[ Syn: predict , prognosticate , call , forebode , anticipate , promise ]

indicate by signs; These signs bode bad news

[ Syn: bode , portend , auspicate , prognosticate , omen , presage , betoken , foreshadow , augur , prefigure , forecast , predict ]