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foretell

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fore·tell  (fôr-tl, fr-)
tr.v. fore·told (-tld), fore·tell·ing, fore·tells
To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.

fore·teller n.
Synonyms: foretell, augur, divine, prophesy, vaticinate
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; atrocities vaticinated by the antifascists. See Also Synonyms at predict.

foretell [fɔːˈtɛl]
vb -tells, -telling, -told
(tr; may take a clause as object) to tell or indicate (an event, a result, etc.) beforehand; predict
foreteller  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.foretell - foreshadow or presageforetell - 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
bet, wager - maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"
forecast, calculate - predict in advance
prophesy, vaticinate - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
3.foretell - indicate by signsforetell - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
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

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
Translations
foretell [fɔːˈtel] (foretold (pt, pp)) VT (= predict) → predecir, pronosticar; (= forebode) → presagiar

foretell [fɔːrˈtɛl] [foretold] [fɔːrˈtəʊld] (pt, pp) vtprédire

foretell pret, ptp <foretold>

foretell [fɔːˈtɛl] (foretold (pt, pp)) vtpredire

foretell
v foretell [foːˈtel]
to tell (about something) before it has happened to foretell the future from the stars. voorspel يَتَنَبَّأ، يَتَكَهَّن، يَعْرِف سَلَفا предсказвам předpovídat forudsige die Vorhersage προλέγω predecir, pronosticar ette kuulutama پیش گویی کردن ennustaa prédire לְנַבֵּא पहले से बताना proreći megjósol meramalkan spá, segja fyrir predire 予告する 예언하다 nuspėti, išpranašauti pareģot meramalkan voorspellen forutsi, spå (om) przepowiadać predizer a prezice предсказывать predpovedať napovedati proreći förutsäga, förutspå ทำนาย önceden haber vermek 預言 віщувати, передбачати پیشین گوئی کرنا nói trước; đoán trước


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you say you can foretell the fortunes of others; how is it you did not foresee your own?
One is the gift to foretell things that are but a little way off, the other is the gift to foretell things that are whole ages and centuries away.
To have to be so uncertain as to the future, to have to be unable to foretell what is going to happen, distresses me deeply.
 
 
 
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