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to foretell
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to promise
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to expect
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to predict
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to anticipate
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to project
7-
to prophesy
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to foreshadow
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to envision
10-
to foresee
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to forecast
12-
to presage
13-
to augur
14-
to extrapolate
15-
to forewarn
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to portend
17-
to herald
to foretell
to foretell
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to predict or say in advance what will happen in the future

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She said her grandmother had the ability to foretell when someone was about to visit.
Some believe that certain dreams can foretell upcoming events.

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to promise
to promise
Verb
p
p
r
r
o
ɑ
m
m
i
ə
s
s
e

to tell someone that one will do something or that a particular event will happen

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to expect
Verb
e
ɪ
x
ks
p
p
e
ɛ
c
k
t
t

to think or believe that it is possible for something to happen or for someone to do something

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to predict
to predict
Verb
p
p
r
r
e
ɪ
d
d
i
ɪ
c
k
t
t

to say that something is going to happen before it actually takes place

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to anticipate
to anticipate
Verb
a
æ
n
n
t
t
i
ɪ
c
s
i
ə
p
p
a
t
t
e

to expect or predict that something will happen

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to project
to project
Verb
p
p
r
r
o
ɑ:
j
ʤ
e
ɛ
c
k
t
t

to guess or predict future outcomes or trends based on current data or analysis

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to prophesy
to prophesy
Verb
p
p
r
r
o
ɑ:
ph
f
e
ə
s
s
y
i

to predict or declare future events, often with a sense of divine inspiration or insight

Grammatical Information:

intransitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to foreshadow
to foreshadow
Verb
f
f
o
ɔ
r
r
e
sh
ʃ
a
æ
d
d
o
w

to indicate in advance that something, particularly something bad, will take place

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to envision
to envision
Verb
e
ɛ
n
n
v
v
i
ɪ
s
ʒ
io
ə
n
n

to picture something in one's mind

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to foresee
to foresee
Verb
f
f
o
ɔ
r
r
e
s
s
ee
i

to know or predict something before it happens

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to forecast
to forecast
Verb
f
f
o
ɔ
r
r
e
c
k
a
æ
s
s
t
t

to predict future events, based on analysis of present data and conditions

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to presage
to presage
Verb
p
p
r
r
e
ɛ
s
s
a
ɪ
g
ʤ
e

to serve as a sign or warning of a future event

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to augur
to augur
Verb
au
ɔ
g
g
u
ɜ
r
r

to predict future events based on omens or signs

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to extrapolate
to extrapolate
Verb
e
ɛ
x
ks
t
t
r
r
a
æ
p
p
o
ə
l
l
a
t
t
e

to estimate something using past experiences or known data

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to forewarn
Verb
f
f
o
ɔ
r
r
e
w
w
a
ɔ
r
r
n
n

to inform or caution in advance

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to portend
to portend
Verb
p
p
o
ɔ
r
r
t
t
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d

to serve as a sign or indication of a future event

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun
to herald
Verb
h
h
e
ɛ
r
r
a
ə
l
l
d
d

to announce or signal the coming of something, often with a sense of importance or significance

Word Family

fore
tell
foretell

foretell

Verb

foretelling

Noun

foretelling

Noun

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