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foretell

British pronunciation/fɔːtˈɛl/
American pronunciation/fɔɹˈtɛɫ/

to foretell

[VERB]
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1

make a prediction about; tell in advance

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2

indicate, as with a sign or an omen

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3

foreshadow or presage

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Examples
1A barley seedling predicts a baby boy, while emmer foretells a girl.
2A prophecy had foretold him that his favourite horse would be the cause of his death.
3Without that beacon of hope, our dimension faces dark forces, the likes of which have never been foretold.
4No one could have foretold what would happen to the Titanic on the fateful day of April 15th, 1912.
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