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单词 foretellers
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foretell

verb

fore·​tell fȯr-ˈtel How to pronounce foretell (audio)
foretold fȯr-ˈtōld How to pronounce foretell (audio) ; foretelling

transitive verb

: to tell beforehand : predict
foreteller noun

Synonyms

  • augur
  • call
  • forecast
  • predict
  • presage
  • prognosticate
  • prophesy
  • read
  • vaticinate
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Example Sentences

We cannot foretell the future. a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events
Recent Examples on the Web The 38-participant show is solid, but doesn’t foretell a significant shift in the sort of artists the facility hosts. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 As good as free textbooks are, the Cengage/McMurry/OpenStax deal may also foretell a big shift in education publishing, which some analysists have characterized as on the brink of collapse pretty much since the advent of the internet. Derek Newton, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 Which is a long or short way of telling critics and fans to stop cheering or critiquing a future that none of us can realistically foretell. John Tamny, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 Preseasons don’t always foretell the regular season, but the Lakers went winless in theirs. New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022 After Republican Glenn Youngkin won the governorship, commentators dissected the results to foretell the outcome of elections in 2022, 2024 and beyond. Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022 Prokofiev meant for this symphony to capture the mood of a horrendous war not having sapped the spirit of his people at the moment Russia could foretell victory. Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2022 Moiraine, for example, meets up with Min (Kae Alexander), an undercover bartender with the ability to see visions that foretell the future. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021 But whether Sigal’s lab experiments foretell reduced vaccine protection in real life is still uncertain, says Sarah Cobey, an epidemiologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago. Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

foretell

verb

fore·​tell fōr-ˈtel How to pronounce foretell (audio)
foretold
-ˈtōld
; foretelling
: to tell of a thing before it happens

Choose the Right Synonym for foretell

foretell, predict, and forecast mean to tell about or announce something before it happens. foretell is used when the future is revealed especially by extraordinary powers. The wizards foretold a great war. predict is used for a fairly exact statement that is the result of the gathering of information and the use of scientific methods. Scientists can sometimes predict earthquakes. forecast is often used when a person has weighed evidence and is telling what is most likely to happen. Experts are forecasting snow.

foretellers

noun

plural of foreteller
as in diviners
one who predicts future events or developments some regard that 16th-century astrologer as an uncanny foreteller of some of the most disastrous events of the 20th century

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • diviners
  • prophets
  • forecasters
  • sibyls
  • seers
  • oracles
  • mystics
  • soothsayers
  • futurists
  • foreseers
  • prognosticators
  • augurs
  • fortune-tellers
  • prophetesses
  • visionaries
  • astrologers
  • palmists
  • wisewomen
  • prophesiers
  • crystal gazers
  • doomsdayers
  • doomsayers
  • rhabdomancers
  • Cassandras
  • Jeremiahs
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