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Meaning of "foreboder" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREBODER

foreboder  [fɔːˈbəʊdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREBODER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foreboder is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOREBODER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foreboder in the English dictionary

The definition of foreboder in the dictionary is someone who tells the future. Other definition of foreboder is something that indicates an event that is about to happen.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREBODER


Baroda
bəˈrəʊdə
boda-boda
ˌbəʊdəˈbəʊdə
bootloader
ˈbuːtˌləʊdə
coda
ˈkəʊdə
coder
ˈkəʊdə
decoder
diːˈkəʊdə
encoder
ɪnˈkəʊdə
freeloader
ˈfriːˌləʊdə
loader
ˈləʊdə
moder
ˈməʊdə
Oder
ˈəʊdə
odor
ˈəʊdə
odour
ˈəʊdə
pagoda
pəˈɡəʊdə
railroader
ˈreɪlˌrəʊdə
Sargodha
sɑːˈɡəʊdə
soda
ˈsəʊdə
top-loader
ˌtɒpˈləʊdə
transcoder
trænzˈkəʊdə
vocoder
ˈvəʊˌkəʊdə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREBODER

foreanent
forearm
forearm smash
forearmed
forebay
forebear
forebitt
forebitter
forebode
forebodement
foreboding
forebodingly
forebodingness
forebody
foreboom
forebrain
forecabin
forecaddie
forecar
forecarriage

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREBODER

Alexander
border
brooder
consider
corroder
do-gooder
exploder
finder
flooder
folder
for a wonder
gender
header
holder
in order
in the eye of the beholder
kinder
leader
mouthbrooder
shoder

Synonyms and antonyms of foreboder in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foreboder» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREBODER

Find out the translation of foreboder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foreboder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foreboder» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

foreboder
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

foreboder
570 millions of speakers

English

foreboder
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

foreboder
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتنبئ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

foreboder
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

foreboder
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

foreboder
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foreboder
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Foreboder
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

foreboder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

foreboder
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

foreboder
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Foreboder
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

foreboder
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

foreboder
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फोरबॉडर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

foreboder
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

foreboder
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

foreboder
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

foreboder
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

foreboder
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προάγγελος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

foreboder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

foreboder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

foreboder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foreboder

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREBODER»

The term «foreboder» is normally little used and occupies the 144.264 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREBODER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foreboder» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foreboder» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foreboder

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREBODER»

Discover the use of foreboder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foreboder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
To prognosticate; to foretell; to foreknow ; to feel a secret sense of something future with a mixture of dread and apprehension : foreboder is a soothsayer, or a croaker who is always predicting evil. An ancient augur, skilled in future fate, With  ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
2
The Heroides, Or, Epistles of the Heroines: The Amours ; Art ...
The gluttonous vulture lives on, the kite, too, that forms its circles in the air, and the jackdaw, the foreboder“ of the “0 Afectionate turtle-dwa] ——Ver. 12. This turtle-dove and the pan rot had been brought up in the same cage together.
Ovid, 1873
3
The Concept of the Goddess
Another local territorial goddess appearing in the role of death-foreboder and ancestress to an illustrious individual and sept—Aine Cliar, said to reside in Cnoc Áine, the hill of Knockainey, rising above the rich pasture lands of the Munster ...
Sandra Billington, Miranda Green, 2002
4
The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
To prognosticate ; to foretell ; to foreknow ; to feel a secret sense of something future with a mixture of dread and apprehension : foreboder is a soothsayer, or a croaker who is always predicting evil. An ancient augur, skilled in future fate, With  ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829
5
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
FoReboder n.f. [from forebode.] A prognos. ficator; a soothsayer. — Your raven has a reputa- 1 tion in the world for a bird of omen, and a kind of small prophet : a crow that had observed the raven's manner and «ay of delivering his predictions,  ...
6
London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
To prognosticate; to foretell; to foreknow ; to feel a secret sense of something future with a mixture of dread and apprehension : foreboder is a soothsayer, or a croaker who is always predicting evil. An ancient augur, skilled in future fate, With  ...
Thomas Tegg, 1829
7
A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and ...
Foreboder. 0 why the deuce should I repine, And be an ill foreboder ; Extern. Ap. 1782. Forego. How can I the thought forego, He's on the seas to meet the foe? S. How can my poorhearti While ilka thing in nature join Their sorrows to forego, ...
J. B. Reid, 1889
8
Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience
So strong was the belief in the death-messenger-as a foreboder of death, it was generally accepted that if a seriously ill person was “followed” by the banshee that he was fated to die once she had cried; in fact, some people held that such a  ...
Clifton D. Bryant, Dennis L. Peck, 2009
9
Encyclopedia of Death & Human Experience: 1-
So strong was the belief in the death-messenger-as a foreboder of death, it was generally accepted that if a seriously ill person was “followed” by the banshee that he was fated to die once she had cried; in fact, some people held that such a  ...
Clifton D. Bryant, Dennis L. Peck, 2009
10
Meta-talk; guide to hidden meanings in conversations
In order to survive, we must minimize all costs in order to compete" [foreboder]. The subordinate has no difficulty translating this. It means, "Don't expect any increase in pay" or "You're not going to get the increase I promised you last year.
Gerard I. Nierenberg, Henry H. Calero, 1974

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREBODER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foreboder is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bethlehem break up; no longer on “Stardust V” showcase (Taake …
Therefore, you no longer can count on us. We're done for the moment or forever. Ain't get no clue yet cos I'm no foreboder. Like “Stefan Raduta” ... «Next Mosh, May 15»
2
Book Review: The Book of Gold Leaves
... similar fashion, except that it's not an agent of god but of evil, a diabolus ex machina whose appearance is the foreboder of tragedy. «Daily News & Analysis, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
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