Preposition: of

• death: The widow later said that " to have a sighting of this phantom is believed to be a presage of death.

Object

• end: Assuming that the referendum presages an end to terrorist violence, what will be the impact on the British Army?

• change: This is exactly the type of crisis which presages fundamental historical change.

• factor: The only presage factors which related directly to test performance are achievement motivation ( positive ) and deep strategy ( negative ).

• death: In some cultures, breaking a mirror was thought to presage a death in the family.

• something: It also holds the key to why the current rumpus presages something far, far worse.

Modifying Another Word

• not: A quick glance at the sky to reassure myself that the scudding clouds did not presage rain.

• only: The experiences of China and Yugoslavia only presage more far-reaching developments to come.

• also: Worms were also presaged in science fiction, by Brunners 1975 novel The Shockwave Rider.

• that: It was the advent in 1932 of Robert Boutflour, C.B.E. that presaged the growth of the College to over 800 students.