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foretelling - 2 dictionary results

fore⋅tell

  [fawr-tel, fohr-]
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–verb (used with object), -told, -tell⋅ing.
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME fortell. See fore-, tell 1

Related forms:
fore⋅tell⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
forecast, augur, presage, forebode.
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fore·tell   (fôr-těl', fōr-)   
tr.v.   fore·told (-tōld'), fore·tell·ing, fore·tells
To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.
fore·tell'er n.
Synonyms: 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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