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pressentir

to sense, to have a premonition of

verb pray-sahn-TEER Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Usage Note

Pressentir means to feel or sense something intuitively before it happens, stronger than simply sentir. It is also used formally to mean 'to approach someone discreetly to sound them out' for a role or position (pressentir quelqu'un pour un poste). The related noun is pressentiment ('premonition, foreboding').

Examples

"Elle pressentait que quelque chose allait mal tourner."

Natural Translation

She sensed that something was going to go wrong.

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