Foretell - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|fɔːrˈtel|
Brit.
|fɔːˈtel|
irregular verb: p.t. — foretold p.p. — foretold
verb
- foreshadow or presage (syn: announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald)
- make a prediction about; tell in advance (syn: anticipate, call, forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise)
- indicate, as with a sign or an omen (syn: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate)
- make a prediction about; tell in advance (syn: anticipate, call, forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise)
- indicate, as with a sign or an omen (syn: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate)
Extra examples
We cannot foretell the future.
...a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: foretell
he/she/it: foretells
present participle: foretelling
past tense: foretold
past participle: foretold
I/you/we/they: foretell
he/she/it: foretells
present participle: foretelling
past tense: foretold
past participle: foretold
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