foretell
foretell
Definition
fore·tell (fôr tel′)
transitive verb -·told′, -·tell′·ing
to tell, announce, or indicate beforehand; prophesy; predict
Etymology: ME foretellen, prob. transl. of L praedicere
fore·tell′er noun
foretell
Synonyms
foretell
v.
foretell
Usage Examples
Object
- prophet: Jesus truly is the prophet foretold by Moses who speaks the words God has put into his mouth.
- scenario: Some people are making wild guesses and foretell a doomsday scenario for the world.
- future: The only thing is - you won't need a crystal ball to foretell the future.
- destruction: A Centauri seeress foretells the destruction of Babylon 5. A mysterious stranger visits each of Babylon 5's alien ambassadors.
- death: Probably I should have found out if he thought the slump foretold the death of cinema.
- event: Chad Valley Spring used to foretell events like battles the plague.
Subject
- prophet: It had been foretold by the Prophets, he said.
Modifying Another Word
- also: He later forecast the failure of the siege levied on Samaria by Ben-hadad, whose death at the hands of Hazael Elisha also foretold.
- not: His early career did not foretell his artistic interests.
- accurately: When Janie emerges at her command she accurately foretells her future.
- often: In Scotland, a similar legendary spirit normally takes the form of a drummer boy or piper and likewise often foretells death or misfortune.
- clearly: But now for the proof: The Prophesy of Daniel I. The system of Popery was clearly foretold by the prophet Daniel.
- only: But this unique physicist, engineer and famed science fiction writer has not only foretold the future, he's helped shape it.
Used with why or when
- what: Astrology, palm reading, whatever - you can't foretell what will happen to you.
Preposition: in
- prophesy: The one is the Coming foretold in Hebrew prophesy, which will bring deliverance to the favored nation in days to come.
- scripture: But it is not the cosmic war and fiery collapse of mankind foretold in sacred scripture.
- verse: He was an Ishmaelite and accordingly is automatically disqualified from being the prophet whose coming was foretold in that verse.
Preposition: by
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