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foretell
Overview of verb foretell
The verb foretell has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald -- (foreshadow or presage)
2. predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise -- (make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election")
3. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict -- (indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news")
Grep of noun foretell
foretelling
Antonyms of verb foretell
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb foretell
3 senses of foretell
Sense 1
announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
=> guess, venture, pretend, hazard
=> speculate
=> reason
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 3
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb foretell
2 of 3 senses of foretell
Sense 2
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
=> read
=> second-guess, outguess
=> augur
=> bet, wager
=> forecast, calculate
=> prophesy, vaticinate
Sense 3
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> threaten
=> foreshow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb foretell
3 senses of foretell
Sense 1
announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
=> tell
Sense 2
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
=> guess, venture, pretend, hazard
Sense 3
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
'Cause To' of verb foretell
Derived Forms of verb foretell
1 of 3 senses of foretell
Sense 2
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
RELATED TO>(noun) foretelling#1
=> prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
Domain of verb foretell
Domain Terms of verb foretell
Familiarity of verb foretell
foretell used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb foretell
3 senses of foretell
Sense 1
announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb foretell
3 senses of foretell
Sense 1
announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
> tell
=> digress, stray, divagate, wander
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> spill, talk
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare
=> repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
=> propagandize, propagandise
=> announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
=> impart, leave, give, pass on
Sense 2
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
> guess, venture, pretend, hazard
=> predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
=> suspect, surmise
Sense 3
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> mark
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb foretell
Sense 1
announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
=> tell
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Sense 2
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
=> guess, venture, pretend, hazard
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Sense 3
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
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Grep of verb foretell
foretell
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