How Do You Spell PRESAGE?

Pronunciation: [pɹˈɛsɪd͡ʒ] (IPA)

Presage, spelled /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/, is a noun that refers to a sign or warning of a future event. The word comes from the Latin "prae-" meaning before and "sagire" meaning to perceive. The correct spelling of presage can be tricky as it is often confused with the similar sounding "prestige" which means fame or reputation. The "e" in presage is pronounced like a short "e" as in "dress" and the final "s" is pronounced like a soft "j" sound as in "genre."

PRESAGE Meaning and Definition

1. Presage is both a noun and a verb, having slightly different meanings in each case. As a noun, presage refers to a sign or an omen that indicates or predicts a future event. It is often associated with a feeling or foreboding that something significant or adverse may happen. The noun form of presage can also be used to denote a feeling of apprehension or a premonition about what is to come.

   When used as a verb, presage means to predict or indicate an event or outcome in advance. It refers to the act of perceiving or foretelling a future occurrence based on signs or omens. To presage can also mean to serve as an omen or harbinger of something, especially when it is considered to be a sign of what is yet to come.

   The term presage derives from the Latin word praesāgium, meaning "foreknowledge" or "prophecy." It has been used in English since the 14th century and is often associated with a sense of anticipation or introspection. Presage is commonly employed in literature and poetry to convey a sense of foreshadowing or to evoke a particular mood or atmosphere. It is also used in everyday language to describe an intuitive feeling or a sense of forewarning about the future.

2. • Something that foreshows or points out a future event; a presentiment; a foreboding.

   • To forebode; to indicate by some present fact what may follow; to prophesy; to utter a prediction.

   Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Common Misspellings for PRESAGE

• paasage
• presure
• preseve
• presece
• crosage
• presitage
• presige
• prestiage
• preswaged
• presay
• prevage
• presuare
• prestge
• presuade
• presine
• prusade
• preace
• prestage
• presice
• prilage
• pasage
• prage
• presude
• presitge
• privage
• posage
• presute
• presive
• prestege
• coresage
• presteage
• presue
• pretige
• pretege
• ressage
• presaude
• pressaged
• presave
• persage
• presagge
• prasage
• precage
• presege
• brenage
• paeage
• pesae
• pesagee
• preaze
• presaager
• Prasager
• Presiger
• PREMAgE
• leeseide
• emesage
• Presauge
• presaje
• presaige
• preseige
• Orenage
• Praisage
• Prisaje
• pricetage
• Presadde
• presaal
• presagery
• presamme
• Crebage
• Presarger
• dresagge
• drasage
• dresaje
• dresagee

Etymology of PRESAGE

The word "presage" has its origins in the Latin language. It comes from the Latin verb "praesagire", which means "to perceive beforehand" or "to foretell". This verb is derived from the combination of the prefix "prae", meaning "before", and the verb "sagire", meaning "to perceive" or "to discern". Over time, "praesagire" evolved into "presager" in Old French, which signifies "to predict". Eventually, in Middle English, it transformed into the noun "presage", which refers to a sign or omen that foretells a future event.

Similar spelling words for PRESAGE

• prosecute,
• processing,
• progestin,
• Prosise,
• processor,
• processed,
• preseason,
• process,
• prasek,
• precess.

Plural form of PRESAGE is PRESAGES

Conjugate verb Presage

CONDITIONAL PERFECT

I would have presaged

you would have presaged

he/she/it would have presaged

we would have presaged

they would have presaged

I would have presage

you would have presage

he/she/it would have presage

we would have presage

they would have presage

CONDITIONAL PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

I would have been presaging

you would have been presaging

he/she/it would have been presaging

we would have been presaging

they would have been presaging

CONDITIONAL PRESENT

I would presage

you would presage

he/she/it would presage

we would presage

they would presage

CONDITIONAL PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

I would be presaging

you would be presaging

he/she/it would be presaging

we would be presaging

they would be presaging

FUTURE

I will presage

you will presage

he/she/it will presage

we will presage

they will presage

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

I will be presaging

you will be presaging

he/she/it will be presaging

we will be presaging

they will be presaging

FUTURE PERFECT

I will have presaged

you will have presaged

he/she/it will have presaged

we will have presaged

they will have presaged

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I will have been presaging

you will have been presaging

he/she/it will have been presaging

we will have been presaging

they will have been presaging

IMPERATIVE

you presage

we let´s presage

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

to presage

PAST CONTINUOUS

I was presaging

you were presaging

he/she/it was presaging

we were presaging

they were presaging

PAST PARTICIPLE

presaged

PAST PERFECT

I had presaged

you had presaged

he/she/it had presaged

we had presaged

they had presaged

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I had been presaging

you had been presaging

he/she/it had been presaging

we had been presaging

they had been presaging

PRESENT

I presage

you presage

he/she/it presages

we presage

they presage

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I am presaging

you are presaging

he/she/it is presaging

we are presaging

they are presaging

PRESENT PARTICIPLE

presaging

PRESENT PERFECT

I have presaged

you have presaged

he/she/it has presaged

we have presaged

they have presaged

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I have been presaging

you have been presaging

he/she/it has been presaging

we have been presaging

they have been presaging

PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE

he/she/it presage

SIMPLE PAST

I presaged

you presaged

he/she/it presaged

we presaged

they presaged