Translation
to have a premonition of, to sense in advance
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Word origin
A compound made inside Esperanto from antaŭ, 'before', and senti, 'to feel'. Antaŭ is from Latin ante and senti from Latin sentire, so the parts are international even though the whole word is not.
- Origin
- Esperanto
- Root
- antaŭ + senti
- English cognates
- anterior, sentiment, presentiment
Examples
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She sensed the danger before the others saw it.
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I have a feeling that something bad will happen today.
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The old woman had a feeling in advance that the winter would be long.
Head-final, like every compound. The last root is the word; everything before it says which kind. So is a kind of senti, feeling - and antaŭ, before, says when. To feel a thing before it happens. English needs the Latin loan "presentiment" for the noun and a whole phrase for the verb; Esperanto welds two words a beginner already knows and is done. The rule is set out in compound words.
- is one of the most productive prefixing roots in the language. Antaŭvidi is to foresee, antaŭdiri to predict, antaŭpagi to pay in advance, antaŭtimi to dread, antaŭĝoji to look forward to something - a verb English badly wants and does not have. Learn the pattern rather than the list: whatever the verb is, - moves it earlier than the event.
It is a feeling, not a conclusion. is the hunch, the prickle at the back of the neck. If you worked it out from evidence, the verb is antaŭvidi (to foresee) or (to conclude). The noun is , a premonition, and it is the form you will meet more often than the verb: - I had a bad feeling about it.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 24, lesson 6: antaŭsenti, kreskaĵo, korno and 7 more words.