Meaning & use
foretell
To predict or announce that something will happen in the future.
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The old fisherman claimed he could foretell a storm just by watching the clouds.
No one could have foretold how quickly the small startup would grow.
A note on using this word
Foretell has a slightly more literary or dramatic tone than the everyday word 'predict', and often appears in stories involving prophecy or fate.
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