foretell

English

Etymology

From Middle English foretellen, equivalent to fore- +‎ tell.

Pronunciation

enPR: fôr-tĕlʹ, IPA^(key): /fɔɹˈtɛl/
- (General Australian) IPA^(key): [foː.ˈteɫ]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [fɔː.ˈtɛɫ]
- (US) IPA^(key): [fɔɹ.ˈtɛɫ]
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Rhymes: -ɛl
Hyphenation: fore‧tell

Verb

foretell (third-person singular simple present foretells, present participle foretelling, simple past and past participle foretold)

(transitive, intransitive) To predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy.
- Alexander Pope
  Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold.
- C. Middleton
  Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and lustre of his character.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

foretale

Translations

to predict the future

Bulgarian: предсказвам (bg) (predskazvam), предричам (bg) (predričam)
Dutch: voorspellen (nl)
Egyptian:

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Esperanto: antaŭanonci
Finnish: ennustaa (fi), nähdä ennalta
French: prédire (fr)
German: vorhersagen (de)
Indonesian: meramal (1), meramalkan (1)
Italian: predire (it), prevedere (it)
Japanese: 予言する (よげんする, yogen-suru) (1)a

Khmer: ចាប់យាម (cap yiem)
Latin: praedico (la), divino, praeloquor, cano (la), vaticinor
Maori: matakite, poropiti
Norwegian: forutsi (no)
Polish: przepowiadać (pl), przepowiedzieć (pl)
Portuguese: prever (pt)
Russian: предска́зывать (ru) (predskázyvatʹ)
Spanish: predecir (es), pronosticar (es), vaticinar (es)
Swedish: förutspå (sv), förutsäga (sv)
Volapük: büosagön (vo)

References

foretell in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
foretell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

toll-free, tollfree

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