foretell

Verb
  1. Foreshadow or presage (synset 200976205)
    is a type of: tell - let something be known
    same as: announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald
  2. Make a prediction about;
    Tell in advance (synset 200919743)
    "Call the outcome of an election"
    is a type of: guess, hazard, pretend, venture - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
    subtypes:
    • read - interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
    • outguess, second-guess - attempt to anticipate or predict
    • augur - predict from an omen
    • bet, wager - maintain with or as if with a bet
    • calculate, forecast - predict in advance
    • prophesy, vaticinate - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
    same as: anticipate, call, forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise
  3. Indicate, as with a sign or an omen (synset 200873606)
    "These signs bode bad news"
    is a type of: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal - be a signal for or a symptom of
    subtypes:
    • threaten - to be a menacing indication of something
    • foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration
    same as: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate

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