Foretell

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To tell what's going to happen in the future, especially but not necessarily by having the power of clairvoyance and using it.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter predictions.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To tell beforehand, or in advance of the event; predict; prophesy.
  • Synonyms To vaticinate; Foretell, Prophesy, Predict, Presage, Forebode, Prognosticate, may represent the act of a person correctly or incorrectly asserting what will happen. Foretell is the general word for telling beforehand, and generally correctly. Prophesy and predict are often used lightly for foretell, but in strictness they are more forcible words, prophesy, through its use in the Scripture, often implying supernatural help, and predict precision of calculation or knowledge. Presage implies superior wisdom or perception; to forebode is to anticipate or prophesy evil, especially indefinite evil. To prognosticate is to foretell by studying signs or symptoms: as, to prognosticate bad weather or the course of a disease. See omen.
  • To utter prediction or prophecy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. foreshadow or presage
  • v. make a prediction about; tell in advance
  • v. indicate by signs
  • Verb Form
    foretelling    foretells    foretold   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tell   
    Variant
    foretold   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    augur    prophesy    predict    prognosticate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adel    Adele    Bel    Bell    Belle    Burrell    Cabell    Carmel    Cavell    Chanel