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foretell
[ fawr-tel, fohr- ]
verb (used with object)
foretold, foretelling.
- to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
Synonyms: , , ,
foretell
/ ɔːˈɛ /
verb
- 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·ٱİ noun
- ܲЭǰ·ٴDZ adjective
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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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