Foretell
11foretell — UK [fɔː(r)ˈtel] / US [fɔrˈtel] verb [transitive] Word forms foretell : present tense I/you/we/they foretell he/she/it foretells present participle foretelling past tense foretold UK [fɔː(r)ˈtəʊld] / US [fɔrˈtoʊld] past participle foretold mainly… …
12foretell — verb Foretell is used with these nouns as the object: ↑future …
13foretell — [[t]fɔː(r)te̱l[/t]] foretells, foretelling, foretold VERB If you foretell a future event, you predict that it will happen. [LITERARY] [V n] ...prophets who have foretold the end of the world. [Also V that/wh] …
14foretell — foreteller, n. /fawr tel , fohr /, v.t., foretold, foretelling. to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy. [1250 1300; ME fortell. See FORE , TELL1] Syn. forecast, augur, presage, forebode. * * * …
15foretell — verb /fɔrˈtɛl,foː.ˈteɫ,fɔː.ˈtɛɫ,fɔɹ.ˈtɛɫ/ To tell whats going to happen in the future, especially but not necessarily by having the power of clairvoyance and using it …
16foretell — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, announce, anticipate, apprehend, approach, augur, await, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come, bode, call, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, come, come on, declare, disclose, divine,… …
17foretell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. presage, portend; forecast, prognosticate, predict. See prediction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. predict, prophesy, prognosticate, divine, foresee, announce in advance, forecast, soothsay, tell fortunes …
18foretell — fore|tell [fo:ˈtel US fo:r ] v past tense and past participle foretold [ ˈtəuld US ˈtould] [T] formal to say what will happen in the future, especially by using special magical powers = ↑predict ▪ the birth of Christ, foretold by prophets …
19foretell — fore|tell [ fɔr tel ] (past tense and past participle fore|told [ fɔr tould ] ) verb transitive MAINLY LITERARY to say what will happen in the future: PREDICT: No one could have foretold such a freak accident …
20foretell — fore tell || fÉ”r tel /fÉ”Ë v. predict, prophesy, tell in advance …
