foretell

fore·tell

F0258500 (fôr-tĕl′)tr.v. fore·told (-tōld′), fore·tell·ing, fore·tells To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.

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fore·tell′er n.Synonyms: foretell, augur, divine, prophesy
These verbs mean to tell about something beforehand by or as if by supernatural means: foretelling the future; augured a scandal; divined the enemy's victory; prophesying a stock-market boom. See Also Synonyms at predict.

foretell

(fɔːˈtɛl) vb, -tells, -telling or -told (tr; may take a clause as object) to tell or indicate (an event, a result, etc) beforehand; predict foreˈteller n

fore•tell

(fɔrˈtɛl, foʊr-)

v.t. -told, -tell•ing. to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy. [1250–1300] fore•tell′er, n.

foretell

Past participle: foretold
Gerund: foretelling

Imperative
foretell
foretell

Present
I foretell
you foretell
he/she/it foretells
we foretell
you foretell
they foretell

Preterite
I foretold
you foretold
he/she/it foretold
we foretold
you foretold
they foretold

Present Continuous
I am foretelling
you are foretelling
he/she/it is foretelling
we are foretelling
you are foretelling
they are foretelling

Present Perfect
I have foretold
you have foretold
he/she/it has foretold
we have foretold
you have foretold
they have foretold

Past Continuous
I was foretelling
you were foretelling
he/she/it was foretelling
we were foretelling
you were foretelling
they were foretelling

Past Perfect
I had foretold
you had foretold
he/she/it had foretold
we had foretold
you had foretold
they had foretold

Future
I will foretell
you will foretell
he/she/it will foretell
we will foretell
you will foretell
they will foretell

Future Perfect
I will have foretold
you will have foretold
he/she/it will have foretold
we will have foretold
you will have foretold
they will have foretold

Future Continuous
I will be foretelling
you will be foretelling
he/she/it will be foretelling
we will be foretelling
you will be foretelling
they will be foretelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been foretelling
you have been foretelling
he/she/it has been foretelling
we have been foretelling
you have been foretelling
they have been foretelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been foretelling
you will have been foretelling
he/she/it will have been foretelling
we will have been foretelling
you will have been foretelling
they will have been foretelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been foretelling
you had been foretelling
he/she/it had been foretelling
we had been foretelling
you had been foretelling
they had been foretelling

Conditional
I would foretell
you would foretell
he/she/it would foretell
we would foretell
you would foretell
they would foretell

Past Conditional
I would have foretold
you would have foretold
he/she/it would have foretold
we would have foretold
you would have foretold
they would have foretold

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	foretell - foreshadow or presage annunciate, harbinger, herald, announcetell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
	2.	foretell - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise, anticipate, callread - interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"hazard, guess, venture, pretend - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"outguess, second-guess - attempt to anticipate or predictaugur - predict from an omenbet, wager - maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"forecast, calculate - predict in advanceprophesy, vaticinate - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
	3.	foretell - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, portend, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecastthreaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration

foretell

verb predict, forecast, prophesy, portend, call, signify, bode, foreshadow, augur, presage, forewarn, prognosticate, adumbrate, forebode, foreshow, soothsay, vaticinate (rare) prophets who have foretold the end of the world

foretell

verb1. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference:call, forecast, predict, prognosticate, project.2. To tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means:augur, divine, prophesy, soothsay, vaticinate.3. To give an indication of something in advance:adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate.

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foretell

(foːˈtel) – past tense, past participle foreˈtold (-ˈtould) – verb to tell (about something) before it has happened. to foretell the future from the stars. 預言 预言