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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawr-tel, fohr-
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈtɛl, foʊr-



Definition of foretelling

Origin :
  • c.1300, from fore- + tell (v.). Related: Foretold; foretelling.
  • verb predict, warn
Example sentences :
  • Beriah's pet idee was foretelling what the weather was going to be.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • About them was grouped a large following, foretelling fresh developments.
  • Extract from : « Chinese Painters » by Raphael Petrucci
  • You have interrupted this young lady just when she was foretelling me most interesting things!
  • Extract from : « Carmen » by Prosper Merimee
  • Note first here, as we did in Scott, the concentrating and foretelling power.
  • Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin
  • Waken him now till they'll see did I tell any lie in my foretelling.
  • Extract from : « The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays » by William B. Yeats
  • As to that, mother, you are speaking of the past, not foretelling the future!
  • Extract from : « The Golden Grasshopper » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Red Wing was famed for foretelling events at Prairie du Chien.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest » by Eva Emery Dye
  • Stella is a prophet, by foretelling so very positively that all would be well.
  • Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
  • He seemed to be foretelling events with an authority that could not be doubted.
  • Extract from : « The Lone Ranger Rides » by Fran Striker
  • What we have heard this evening may be a foretelling of victory.
  • Extract from : « For Faith and Freedom » by Walter Besant

Synonyms for foretelling

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