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fore·tell
 foretell
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- pronunciation:
- for
tel
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
foretells, foretelling, foretold |
| definition 1: |
to tell of in advance; prophesy; forecast.
The famine occurred just as the soothsayer had foretold.- synonyms:
- predict, prognosticate, prophesy
- similar words:
- discount, divine, forecast, foresee, presage
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| definition 2: |
to be a sign or omen of; signal; portend.
Smoke from the volcano foretold the great danger to come.- synonyms:
- augur, bode, foreshadow, portend, presage, prognosticate, prophesy
- similar words:
- forecast, harbinger, herald, indicate, omen, prefigure, promise, signal
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| related words: |
see |
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| derivation: |
foreteller (n.) |
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