noun
Meaning 1
prediction
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- foretellings of doom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
foretelling
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verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of foretell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divination, soothsaying, fortune telling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
Narrower terms: arithmancy, dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy, geomancy, hydromancy, lithomancy, necromancy, oneiromancy, onomancy, palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology, pyromancy
noun
Meaning 4
a statement made about the future
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prediction, forecasting, prognostication
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: statement
Narrower terms: extropy, fortunetelling, horoscope, meteorology, weather forecasting, prognosis, forecast, prophecy, divination
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.