báo trước
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Definition
- Verb:
- To foretell; to predict: To state that a particular event will happen in the future, often based on observation, signs, or intuition.
- To forewarn; to give advance notice: To inform someone about something that is going to happen, allowing them to prepare.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Nhà tiên tri báo trước một tương lai hòa bình. (The prophet foretold a future of peace.)
- Công ty phải báo trước cho nhân viên về việc thay đổi giờ làm. (The company must forewarn employees about the work schedule change.)
- Đài khí tượng báo trước cơn bão sẽ đổ bộ vào chiều nay. (The meteorological station predicted the storm would make landfall this afternoon.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is often used in formal or serious contexts concerning official warnings, predictions, or omens.
- It can be used with both positive and negative future events.
Variants and Related Words
- Báo trước điềm gở (v): to portend, to foreshadow (something bad).
- Những con chim bay loạn xạ báo trước điềm gở. (The birds flying erratically portended an omen.)
- Được báo trước (adj): forewarned.
- Chúng tôi đã được báo trước về khó khăn. (We were forewarned about the difficulties.)
Synonyms
- Foretell: To tell of a future event beforehand.
- Predict: To declare or indicate in advance.
- Forewarn: To warn in advance.
- Foreshadow: To show or indicate beforehand.
Related Idioms
- Báo trước điềm lành/dữ: to herald good/evil omens.
- Giấc mơ đó có phải là báo trước điềm dữ không? (Was that dream a harbinger of evil omens?)
verb
- to roretell; to prediet; to forewarn