Verb: foretell (foretold) for'tel
- Make a prediction about; tell in advance
"foretell the outcome of an election";
- predict, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
- Foreshadow or presage
"The dark clouds foretold the coming storm";
- announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald
- Be a sign of something to come, esp. something important or bad
"These signs foretell bad news";
- bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, augur, prefigure, forecast, predict, foretoken
Derived forms: foretold, foretelling, foretells
Type of: bespeak, betoken [archaic], guess, hazard, indicate, point, pretend, signal, tell, venture