Inflected forms: fore·told (-tld), fore·tell·ing, fore·tells To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.
OTHER FORMS:
fore·teller NOUN
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.