foretell

Verb

Meaning

To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.

To utter predictions.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

augur prognosticate herald call bode promise predict announce forecast anticipate omen harbinger prophesy annunciate foreshadow
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

know measure mistake wonder whisper exuberant
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

point signal indicate tell venture hazard

Hyponyms

read augur bet calculate threaten forecast

Related terms

foretale

Phrases with the word

to foretell

Derivatives

foretold foretelling

Anagrams

tollfree

Examples

Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement. Willa Cather

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. Winston Churchill

It is not possible to foretell the reaction of certain elements in the Army and Navy. Yoshijirō Umezu

The "determinist” swears that if we knew everything we should also be able to deduce and foretell the conduct of every man in every circumstance, and that is obvious enough. But the expression "know everything” means nothing. Paul Valéry

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things. Albert Camus

We might even predict annually how many individuals will stain their hands with the blood of their fellow-men, how many will be forgers, how many will deal in poison, pretty nearly in the same way as we may foretell annual births and deaths. Adolphe Quetelet

Close letter words and terms

foreteach foreteam foretel foretellable foreteller foretelling