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foretell

[ fawr-tel, fohr- ]

verb (used with object)

foretold, foretelling.
  1. to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.

    Synonyms: , , ,



foretell

/ ɔːˈɛ /

verb

  1. tr; may take a clause as object to tell or indicate (an event, a result, etc) beforehand; predict
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Derived Forms

  • ڴǰˈٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڴǰ·ٱİ noun
  • ܲЭǰ·ٴDZ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of foretell1

First recorded in 1250–1300, foretell is from the Middle English word fortell. See fore-, tell 1
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The reality is much worse than the abstract planning document foretold.

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Montiel takes a while to tip his hand that he’s after something more emotionally complex than the first act foretells.

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Arnold Schoenberg’s sacrilegious “Pierrot Lunaire” foretold a distortion of reality that has never left us.

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The “widening gyre” foretells the polarization of society, the centrifugal forces tearing the collective fabric into ideological extremes.

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A shard of pottery can foretell an act of abuse.

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