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fore·tell
(fôr-tĕl′)tr.v. fore·told (-tōld′), fore·tell·ing, fore·tells
To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.
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.
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.
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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
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fore•tell
(fɔrˈtɛl, foʊr-)v.t. -told, -tell•ing.
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
[1250–1300]
fore•tell′er, n.
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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 |
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Verb 1. [画像:foretell - foreshadow or presage]foretell - foreshadow or presage
tell - 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"
read - 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 predict
augur - predict from an omen
prophesy, vaticinate - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
3. [画像:foretell - indicate by signs]foretell - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, portend, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecast
threaten - 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
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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
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foretell
verb1. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference:
2. To tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means:
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Translations
يَتَنَبَّأ، يَتَكَهَّن، يَعْرِف سَلَفا
předpovídat
forudsige
spá, segja fyrir
išpranašautinuspėti
napovedati
önceden haber vermek
foretell
[fɔːˈtel] (foretold (pt, pp)) VT (= predict) → predecir, pronosticar ; (= forebode) → presagiarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
foretell
pret, ptp <foretold>vt → vorhersagen
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
foretell
(foːˈtel) – past tense, past participle foreˈtold (-ˈtould) – verb to tell (about something) before it has happened. to foretell the future from the stars. voorspel يَتَنَبَّأ، يَتَكَهَّن، يَعْرِف سَلَفا предсказвам predizer předpovídat die Vorhersage forudsige προλέγω predecir, pronosticar ette kuulutama پیش گویی کردن ennustaa prédire לְנַבֵּא पहले से बताना proreći megjósol meramalkan spá, segja fyrir predire 予告する 예언하다 nuspėti, išpranašauti pareģot meramalkan voorspellen forutsi, spå przepowiadać پيش ګويى كېدل، مخكى خبرېدل: دمخه ويل predizer a prezice предсказывать predpovedať napovedati proreći förutsäga, förutspå ทํานาย önceden haber vermek 預言 віщувати, передбачати پیشین گوئی کرنا nói trước; đoán trước 预言
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