| Main Entry: |
foretell |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
predict, warn |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate,
announce,
anticipate, apprehend,
augur, auspicate, betoken, bode,
call, call it, call the shot, crystal ball it,
declare,
disclose, divine,
divulge, dope out,
dope*,
figure,
figure out*, forebode, forecast, foreknow,
foreshadow, forewarn, make book,
portend, prefigure, presage,
proclaim, prognosticate, prophesy, psych,
read,
reveal, see something coming,
signify, soothsay,
tell
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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