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 Definitions of foretell  [ɔrˈtɛl, foʊr-]  

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Definition of 'foretell' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) foretell
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.

Etymology:  (1250–1300)

Definition of 'foretell' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
foreshadow or presage

2. (verb) predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
make a prediction about; tell in advance
"Call the outcome of an election"

3. (verb) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
indicate by signs
"These signs bode bad news"


Definition of 'foretell' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) foretell
to predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow

2. (verb) foretell
to utter predictions


Translation of 'foretell' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to tell (about something) before it has happened
to foretell the future from the stars.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voorspel Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَنَبَّأ، يَتَكَهَّن، ي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: предсказвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: predizer Czech flag Czech: předpovídat German flag German: die Vorhersage
Danish flag Danish: forudsige Greek flag Greek: προλέγω Spanish flag Spanish: predecir, pronosticar
Estonian flag Estonian: ette kuulutama Farsi flag Farsi: پیش گویی کردن Finnish flag Finnish: ennustaa
French flag French: prédire Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְנַבֵּא Hindi flag Hindi: पहले से बताना
Croatian flag Croatian: proreći Hungarian flag Hungarian: megjósol Indonesian flag Indonesian: meramalkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: spá, segja fyrir Italian flag Italian: predire Japanese flag Japanese: 予告する
Korean flag Korean: 예언하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuspėti, išpranašauti Latvian flag Latvian: pareģot
Malay flag Malay: meramalkan Dutch flag Dutch: voorspellen Norwegian flag Norwegian: forutsi, spå (om)
Polish flag Polish: przepowiadać Persian flag Persian: پیش گویی کردن Pashto flag Pashto: پيش ګويى كېدل، مخكى خبرېد
Portuguese flag Portuguese: predizer Romanian flag Romanian: a prezice Russian flag Russian: предсказывать
Slovak flag Slovak: predpovedať Slovenian flag Slovenian: napovedati Serbian flag Serbian: proreći
Swedish flag Swedish: förutsäga, förutspå Thai flag Thai: ทำนาย Turkish flag Turkish: önceden haber vermek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 預言 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: віщувати, передбачати Urdu flag Urdu: پیشین گوئی کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nói trước; đoán trước Chinese flag Chinese: 预言

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