foretell Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb foreshadow or presage
herald; announce; harbinger; annunciate.
verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
predict; anticipate; forebode; call; promise; prognosticate.
- Call the outcome of an election
verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news

imperfect & past participle Foretold ; present participle & verbal noun Foretelling

To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.
Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope.

Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.
Syn. -- To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.