Foretell
verb
To predict or tell about future events.
The prophet foretells a great disaster in the near future.
Often appears as...
- foretell the future
- foretell disaster
verb
To predict or tell about future events.
The prophet foretells a great disaster in the near future.
Often appears as...
- foretell the future
- foretell disaster
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Future Events
Use 'foretell' when talking about events expected to happen in the future, not past events.
The folklore foretells that a hero will emerge to save our land.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Certainty
'Foretell' does not mean the event will definitely happen; it implies a prediction or expectation.
The fortune teller foretells that I will travel abroad, but it's not certain.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Fictional
'Foretell' is common in mythical, fantastical, or literary contexts, less so in everyday conversation.
Ancient scriptures often foretell the coming of a chosen one.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Events
Use 'foretell' when talking about events expected to happen in the future, not past events.
The folklore foretells that a hero will emerge to save our land.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Certainty
'Foretell' does not mean the event will definitely happen; it implies a prediction or expectation.
The fortune teller foretells that I will travel abroad, but it's not certain.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Fictional
'Foretell' is common in mythical, fantastical, or literary contexts, less so in everyday conversation.
Ancient scriptures often foretell the coming of a chosen one.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Events
Use 'foretell' when talking about events expected to happen in the future, not past events.
The folklore foretells that a hero will emerge to save our land.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Certainty
'Foretell' does not mean the event will definitely happen; it implies a prediction or expectation.
The fortune teller foretells that I will travel abroad, but it's not certain.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Fictional
'Foretell' is common in mythical, fantastical, or literary contexts, less so in everyday conversation.
Ancient scriptures often foretell the coming of a chosen one.
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The rise of human-compute...
sources identifying key relationships and putting of that in one place something that's been nearly impossible to do before the salm this has terrifying privacy and civil liberties implications to others it foretells of an era of greater privacy and civil liberties protections but privacy and civil liberties are of fundamental importance that must be acknowledged and
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Shyam Sankar: The rise...
through all available data from very different sources, identifying key relationships and putting them in one place, something that's been nearly impossible to do before. To some, this has terrifying privacy and civil liberties implications. To others it foretells of an era of greater privacy and civil liberties protections,
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History through the eyes...
Zoroastrians viewed them as spirits whose cries told of the cosmic struggle between darkness and light. Romans brought them on their military campaigns to foretell the success of future battles. And today, this bird still occupies an important, though much less honorable position
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Santa Monica Pier PIPE Sue...
choices how do you I mean I have choices too but they're very very different and they're mostly concerning life death comfort lack of comfort here it's you you're choosing so much round and round the ball will spin till it draws your good luck in I can foretell for you good
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How science fiction can...
storytellers have continued to share their visions of the future and correctly predicted many aspects of the world we inhabit decades later. In "Brave New World," Aldous Huxley foretold the use of antidepressants in 1932,
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A day in the life of an...
Peseshet explains her fail-safe pregnancy plant two one barley, one emmer. Then, urinate on the seeds every day. If the plants grow, she’s pregnant. A barley seedling predicts a baby boy, while emmer foretells a girl.
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Shweta Narayan: It's...
He said, and I quote, "The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present and foretell the future. Must mitigate these things with two special objects in view with regard to disease.
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Listening To Recorded...
anjaii devil itself came into the dance very fierce some magical devil that has the gift of foretelling the future but we were able to produce some magic of our own a while a dance had been going
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The warning sounds of a...
to hear a distant train coming by listening under the water we can actually hear much more clearly that melting sound of the ice which which foretells the sea level is rising
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Feisal Abdul Rauf: Lose...
and that, with the presence and help of people like you here, we can bring about the prophecy of Isaiah. For he foretold of a period
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The rise of human-compute...
sources identifying key relationships and putting of that in one place something that's been nearly impossible to do before the salm this has terrifying privacy and civil liberties implications to others it foretells of an era of greater privacy and civil liberties protections but privacy and civil liberties are of fundamental importance that must be acknowledged and
Video examples
Shyam Sankar: The rise...
through all available data from very different sources, identifying key relationships and putting them in one place, something that's been nearly impossible to do before. To some, this has terrifying privacy and civil liberties implications. To others it foretells of an era of greater privacy and civil liberties protections,
Video examples
History through the eyes...
Zoroastrians viewed them as spirits whose cries told of the cosmic struggle between darkness and light. Romans brought them on their military campaigns to foretell the success of future battles. And today, this bird still occupies an important, though much less honorable position
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Santa Monica Pier PIPE Sue...
choices how do you I mean I have choices too but they're very very different and they're mostly concerning life death comfort lack of comfort here it's you you're choosing so much round and round the ball will spin till it draws your good luck in I can foretell for you good
Video examples
How science fiction can...
storytellers have continued to share their visions of the future and correctly predicted many aspects of the world we inhabit decades later. In "Brave New World," Aldous Huxley foretold the use of antidepressants in 1932,
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
Peseshet explains her fail-safe pregnancy plant two one barley, one emmer. Then, urinate on the seeds every day. If the plants grow, she’s pregnant. A barley seedling predicts a baby boy, while emmer foretells a girl.
Video examples
Shweta Narayan: It's...
He said, and I quote, "The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present and foretell the future. Must mitigate these things with two special objects in view with regard to disease.
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Listening To Recorded...
anjaii devil itself came into the dance very fierce some magical devil that has the gift of foretelling the future but we were able to produce some magic of our own a while a dance had been going
Video examples
The warning sounds of a...
to hear a distant train coming by listening under the water we can actually hear much more clearly that melting sound of the ice which which foretells the sea level is rising
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Feisal Abdul Rauf: Lose...
and that, with the presence and help of people like you here, we can bring about the prophecy of Isaiah. For he foretold of a period
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.
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Xenophon
Greek Soldier
Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
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Willa Cather
American Author
Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.
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Johnny Lever
Indian Actor
When I take up a project, I'm not foretold its fate... I don't know whether the film will shape up well or not.
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Garet Garrett
American Journalist
Loyalty of the law-making power to the executive power was one of the dangers the political fathers foretold.
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George Linnaeus Banks
English Writer
I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.
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Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian Scientist
Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.
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Maureen O'Hara
Irish Actress
My whole life was foretold to me. An old Romany gypsy read my fortune.
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Mickey Hart
American Musician
Dreams sometimes foretell the future.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.
Quote examples
Xenophon
Greek Soldier
Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it.
Quote examples
Winston Churchill
British Statesman
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Quote examples
Willa Cather
American Author
Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.
Quote examples
Johnny Lever
Indian Actor
When I take up a project, I'm not foretold its fate... I don't know whether the film will shape up well or not.
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Garet Garrett
American Journalist
Loyalty of the law-making power to the executive power was one of the dangers the political fathers foretold.
Quote examples
George Linnaeus Banks
English Writer
I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.
Quote examples
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian Scientist
Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.
Quote examples
Maureen O'Hara
Irish Actress
My whole life was foretold to me. An old Romany gypsy read my fortune.
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Mickey Hart
American Musician
Dreams sometimes foretell the future.
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