FORETELL


Meaning of FORETELL in English

fore ‧ tell /fɔːˈtel $ fɔːr-/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle foretold /-ˈtəʊld $ -ˈtoʊld/) [transitive] formal

to say what will happen in the future, especially by using special magical powers SYN predict :

the birth of Christ, foretold by prophets

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▪ predict to say that something will happen, before it happens:

In the future, it may be possible to predict earthquakes.

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Scientists are trying to predict what the Amazon will look like in 20 years' time.

▪ forecast to say what is likely to happen in the future, especially in relation to the weather or the economic or political situation:

They’re forecasting a hard winter.

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Economists forecast that there would be a recession.

▪ project to say what the amount, size, cost etc of something is likely to be in the future, using the information you have now:

The world’s population is projected to rise by 45%.

▪ can say especially spoken be able to know what will happen in the future:

No one can say what the next fifty years will bring.

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I can’t say exactly how much it will cost.

▪ foretell to say correctly what will happen in the future, using special religious or magical powers:

The woman claimed that she had the gift of foretelling the future.

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It all happened as the prophet had foretold.

▪ prophesy to say that something will happen because you feel that it will, or by using special religious or magical powers:

He’s one of those people who are always prophesying disaster.

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The coming of a great Messiah is prophesied in the Bible.

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He prophesied that the world would end in 2012.

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Marx prophesied that capitalism would destroy itself.

▪ foresee to know that something is going to happen before it happens:

They should have foreseen these problems.

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No one foresaw the outcome of the war.

▪ have a premonition to have a strange feeling that something is about to happen, especially something bad, usually just before it happens:

Suddenly I had a strange premonition of danger ahead.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.