Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
To foreshadow or prefigure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
foretell by divine inspiration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
History
Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh1-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Old English scēawian Middle English schewen English show English foreshow From fore- + show.
From Middle English foreschewen, from Old English forescēawian (“to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with”), equivalent to fore- + show. Cognate with Dutch voorschouwen, German vorschauen.
