foretell

fore·tell  (fôr-tl, fr-)

tr.v. fore·told (-tld), fore·tell·ing, fore·tells

To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.

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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.

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foretell

Verb

[-telling, -told] Literary to correctly predict (an event, a result, etc.) beforehand

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	foretell - foreshadow or presage annunciate, harbinger, herald, announce 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" forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise, anticipate, call 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 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)

Translations

foretell [pt, pp foretold] [fɔːˈtɛl, -ˈtəuld] vt → predecir, pronosticar

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foretell [foretold , pt, pp ] [fɔːˈtɛl, -ˈtəuld] vt → prédire

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foretell [fɔːˈtɛl] irreg like tell) vt → vorhersagen

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foretell [pt foretold, pp ] [fɔːˈtɛl, -ˈtəuld] vt → predire

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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 预言