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verb
To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To tell (a person) of the future.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
indicate by signs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, prefigure, forecast, predict
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Narrower terms: threaten, foreshow
verb
make a prediction about; tell in advance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: predict, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: guess, venture, pretend, hazard
Narrower terms: read, second-guess, outguess, augur, bet, wager, forecast, calculate, prophesy, vaticinate
verb
foreshadow or presage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tell
History
c. 1300, from Middle English foretellen, equivalent to fore- + tell.
Across languages
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
