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foretells

foretells is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foretell.

Meaning of foretell

Verb

foretell (third-person singular simple present foretells, present participle foretelling, simple past and past participle foretold)

  1. (ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
    • Deeds then undone me faithful tongue foretold.1725–1726, Homer, “Book 2”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    foresay, forespeak
  2. (transitive) To tell (a person) of the future.
    • […] there came to him a Person named Saul, whom Samuel had never before seen; but God made him know it was the same he had foretold him of.1739, Edward Button, Rudiments of Ancient History

Questions about foretells

What is foretells the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Foretells is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foretell.

Words near foretells in the dictionary

  1. foretellers
  2. foretellest
  3. foretelleth
  4. foretelling
  5. foretellings
  6. foretells
  7. foretels
  8. foretest
  9. foretested
  10. foretesting
  11. foretests

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