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foretell
 
SYLLABICATION:fore·tell
PRONUNCIATION:  fôr-tl, fr-
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: fore·told (-tld), fore·tell·ing, fore·tells
To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.
OTHER FORMS:fore·tellerNOUN
SYNONYMS:foretell, augur, divine, prophesy, vaticinate 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; atrocities vaticinated by the antifascists. See also synonyms at predict.
 
 
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