There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
PREFIGURE
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”
prefigure
(verb) imagine or consider beforehand; “It wasn’t as bad as I had prefigured”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
prefigure (third-person singular simple present prefigures, present participle prefiguring, simple past and past participle prefigured)
To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand (often used in a Biblical context).
To predict or foresee.
Synonyms
• presage
• portend
• forereckon
• foreshadow
• announce
Noun
prefigure (plural prefigures)
That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefiguring.] Etym: [F. préfigurer, or L. praefigurare, praefiguratum; prae before + figurare to figure. See Figure, and cf. Prefigurate.]
Definition: To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. "Whom all the various types prefigured." South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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