foretell

🇬🇧 UK/fɒ:'tel/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To predict or prophesy something before it happens; to tell the future.

预言,预告,预示

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
foretellother
=foretell

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Ancient prophets foretell of a coming savior figure that believers would eagerly anticipate.

  • 2.

    The novelist foretells technological advances that scientists later discovered decades afterward.

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