foretell

Meaning

  1. (ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
  2. (transitive) To tell (a person) of the future.

Synonyms

predict
C1
prophesy
38k
forecast
C2
prognosticate
foresee
C2
augur
32k
anticipate
C2
divine
B2
forebode
bode
32k
foreshadow
soothsay
promise
A1
call
A1
portend
foreshow
vaticinate
harbinger
35k
presage
announce
B2
prefigure
betoken
guess
A1
reveal
B2
omen
C2
brew
C2
auspicate
annunciate
warn
B1
herald
C2

say beforehand

abode
C2

tell beforehand

advise
B2
cast
B1
conceive
C2
conjecture
21k
devise
21k
envision
28k
expect
A2
figure
A2
foreknow
fortune
B1
imagine
A2
inform
B2
mean
A1
meditate
C2
notify
C1
plan
A1
point out
prophecy
C1
read
A1
📖
reflect
C1

show the way

signify
26k
spell
B1
tell
A1
think
A1
🤔

ask questions

second-guess
32k
tell fortunes
scry
forespeak
Translations

prédire
predire
predecir
vorhersagen
prévoir
voorspellen
augurer
pronosticar
prevedere
présager
Frequency

38k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɔɹˈtɛl/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
foretellen
In summary

c. 1300, from Middle English foretellen, equivalent to fore- + tell.

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