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fore·tell
(fôr-tĕl′)tr.v. fore·told (-tōld′), fore·tell·ing, fore·tells
To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.
fore·tell′er n.
Synonyms: foretell, augur, divine, prophesy
These verbs mean to tell about something beforehand by or as if by supernatural means: foretelling the future; augured a scandal; divined the enemy's victory; prophesying a stock-market boom. See Also Synonyms at predict.
These verbs mean to tell about something beforehand by or as if by supernatural means: foretelling the future; augured a scandal; divined the enemy's victory; prophesying a stock-market boom. See Also Synonyms at predict.
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foretell
(fɔːˈtɛl)vb, -tells, -telling or -told
(tr; may take a clause as object) to tell or indicate (an event, a result, etc) beforehand; predict
foreˈteller n
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fore•tell
(fɔrˈtɛl, foʊr-)v.t. -told, -tell•ing.
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
[1250–1300]
fore•tell′er, n.
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foretell
Past participle: foretold
Gerund: foretelling
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| Verb | 1. |  foretell - foreshadow or presage tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| 2. | foretell - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" read - interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball" hazard, guess, venture, pretend - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" outguess, second-guess - attempt to anticipate or predict augur - predict from an omen prophesy, vaticinate - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | |
| 3. |  foretell - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, portend, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecast threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens" bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration |
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foretell
verb predict, forecast, prophesy, portend, call, signify, bode, foreshadow, augur, presage, forewarn, prognosticate, adumbrate, forebode, foreshow, soothsay, vaticinate (rare) prophets who have foretold the end of the world
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foretell
verb1. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference:
2. To tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means:
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Translations
يَتَنَبَّأ، يَتَكَهَّن، يَعْرِف سَلَفا
předpovídat
forudsige
spá, segja fyrir
išpranašautinuspėti
napovedati
önceden haber vermek
foretell
[fɔːˈtel] (foretold (pt, pp)) VT (= predict) → predecir, pronosticar; (= forebode) → presagiarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
foretell
pret, ptp <foretold>vt → vorhersagen
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
foretell
(foːˈtel) – past tense, past participle foreˈtold (-ˈtould) – verb to tell (about something) before it has happened. to foretell the future from the stars.
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