Past tense of foretell

Forms of foretell

Foretold in a sentence

• This was a demise foretold.2025 September 8, Roger Cohen, “French Prime Minister Bayrou Loses Confidence Vote, Putting Pressure on Macron”, in The New York Times, New...
• Therefore the Spirit and the Gospel will be found in the Christ, who was foretrusted, because foretold.1995, Ante-Nicene Fathers: Latin Christianity. From the entry foretrust
• It has all been foretold, forelived, Tridib being, so to speak, the novel's ur-imagination, ur-hero, ur-narrator.1992, Mohan Lal, Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot - Page 3936. From the entry ur-hero
• All of this is foretold in Revelation 6:7, natch.2025 October 16, Zach Vasquez, “‘Explicit and outrageous’: South Park is back with its most gratuitous episode since naked Trump”, in The…. From the entry natch
• A Greek chorus of "antis" foretold a different future.2020 December 20, Deborah Cohen, “The Real Legacy of the Suffrage Movement”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.…. From the entry Greek chorus

Meaning of foretell

1. verb To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
2. verb To tell (a person) of the future.

Full definition of foretell

Verbs like foretell

• tell (told)
• hold (held)
• sell (sold)
• behold (beheld)
• uphold (upheld)
• withhold (withheld)

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Questions about the past tense of foretell

What is the past tense of foretell?

The past tense of foretell is foretold.

What is the past participle of foretell?

The past participle of foretell is foretold.

Is foretell a regular or irregular verb?

Foretell is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.