Foretell

Quick meaning: Foretell is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To tell (a person) of the future.

Example Sentences

Deeds then undone me faithful tongue foretold.

Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and lustre of his character.

[…] there came to him a Person named Saul, whom Samuel had never before seen; but God made him know it was the same he had foretold him of.

This was a demise foretold. Fatalistic in the face of a parliamentary impasse, Mr. Bayrou had, even before the debate began, invited his entourage to a “convivial moment,” or farewell soirée, this evening.

Word Forms

• foretells
• foretelling
• foretold
• foretel

Synonyms for foretell

Depending on context, synonyms include foresay, forespeak, harbinger, presage, call, augur.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include harbinger, prefigure, forebode, auspicate, foreshadow, prognosticate.

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