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The definition of foretell is to foreshadow, or to predict the future.

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When a fortune teller reads your palm and tells you what your life is going to be like, this is an example of when the fortune teller foretells the future.

See foretell in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb foretold, foretelling

to tell, announce, or indicate beforehand; prophesy; predict

Origin: ME foretellen, prob. transl. of L praedicere

Related Forms:

foreteller noun

See foretell in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb fore·told (-tōldˈ), fore·tell·ing, fore·tells

To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.

Related Forms:

fore·tellˈer noun

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