English language
Toggle Transcript
foretell::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | anticipate, call, forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise |
| Type of | venture, hazard, pretend, guess |
| Has types | wager, bet, calculate, forecast, outguess, prophesy, read, second-guess, vaticinate, augur |
| Derivation | foretelling |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald |
| Type of | tell |
Examples of foretell
foretell
Yet the bare figures do not, on the face of things, foretell anything so drastic.
From the economist.com
Superficially, the news from Dart Industries might seem to foretell deep trouble.
From the time.com
A Jackdaw standing on the vanes of a cathedral tower is meant to foretell rain.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Having a sweet tooth may foretell more than a little extra padding around the gut.
From the time.com
A jackdaw standing on the vanes of a cathedral tower is said to foretell rain.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Satellite images foretell wave heights, which trace wind patterns, days ahead.
From the usatoday.com
Not only did they foretell our doom, they may have foretold just how we'll go.
From the science.time.com
No one could accurately foretell how or when the economic upheaval would end.
From the time.com
Any of the following shifts in the news could foretell an end to tough times.
From the businessweek.com
- Announce: foreshadow or presage
- Predict: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
- Bode: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
- (foretelling) prediction: a statement made about the future
- (foretelling) divination: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
- (The Foretelling) "The Foretelling" was the first episode of the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder (The Black Adder). It introduces Edmund Blackadder, and opens with a narrative dispelling the depiction of King Richard III of England as a scheming murderer. ...
- To tell what's going to happen in the future, especially but not necessarily by having the power of clairvoyance and using it
- (foretold) Simple past of foretell
- (foretold) Announced prior to the happening.
