foretelling

fore·tell

 (fôr-tĕl′)

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

To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.

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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.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	foretelling - a statement made about the future forecasting, prediction, prognostication statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" extropy - the prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe fortunetelling - the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) horoscope - a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets meteorology, weather forecasting - predicting what the weather will be forecast, prognosis - a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop divination, prophecy - a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
	2.	foretelling - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means fortune telling, soothsaying, divination prophecy, vaticination, prognostication - knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) arithmancy - divination by means of numbers dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy - searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod geomancy - divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another) hydromancy - divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides) lithomancy - divination by means of stones or stone talismans necromancy - conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying oneiromancy - divination through the interpretation of dreams onomancy - divination by the letters of a name chirology, chiromancy, palm reading, palmistry - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand pyromancy - divination by fire or flames

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