foretelling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a statement made about the future
    forecasting; prognostication; prediction.
  2. noun the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
    fortune telling; divination; soothsaying.
  3. verb foreshadow or presage
    herald; announce; foretell; harbinger; annunciate.
  4. verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
    predict; anticipate; forebode; foretell; call; promise; prognosticate.
    • Call the outcome of an election
  5. verb indicate by signs
    omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
    • These signs bode bad news

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