foretell
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fore·tell /fɔːˈtel $ fɔːr-/ verb (past tense and past participle foretold /-ˈtəʊld $ -ˈtoʊld/) [transitive] formal ROMPREDICTto say what will happen in the future, especially by using special magical powers 〔尤指用超凡的能力〕预言 SYN predict the birth of Christ, foretold by prophets 先知们所预言的基督的诞生► see thesaurus at predict→ See Verb table
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foretell• Everything happened as Merlin foretold.• The most extreme pessimists foretell a future of demographically driven privation, environmental overshoot, and economic collapse.• The end of the world is foretold in the biblical book of Revelations.• This act, as noted above, had been foretold of the Messiah by the prophet Zechariah.• None of us had foretold that our games would end up on life-support systems in intensive care.• I am, but can not foretell the future.• It could not foretell the future.• Nostradamus is said to have foretold the rise of Hitler.• Luckily, they happen upon a blind poet who foretells their future and helps them start their journey.• I can not foretell what proposals it will contain, but without an effective ceasefire no one can be deployed.fore·tell verbChineseSyllable
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fore‧tell /fɔːˈtel $ fɔːr-/
verb (past tense and past participle foretold /-ˈtəʊld $ -ˈtoʊld/) [transitive] formal
to say what will happen in the future, especially by using special magical powers
SYN predict:
the birth of Christ, foretold by prophets
▪ predict to say that something will happen, before it happens: In the future, it may be possible to predict earthquakes. | Scientists are trying to predict what the Amazon will look like in 20 years' time.
▪forecast to say what is likely to happen in the future, especially in relation to the weather or the economic or political situation: They’re forecasting a hard winter. | Economists forecast that there would be a recession.
▪project to say what the amount, size, cost etc of something is likely to be in the future, using the information you have now: The world’s population is projected to rise by 45%.
▪can say especially spoken be able to know what will happen in the future: No one can say what the next fifty years will bring. | I can’t say exactly how much it will cost.
▪foretell to say correctly what will happen in the future, using special religious or magical powers: The woman claimed that she had the gift of foretelling the future. | It all happened as the prophet had foretold.
▪prophesy to say that something will happen because you feel that it will, or by using special religious or magical powers: He’s one of those people who are always prophesying disaster. | The coming of a great Messiah is prophesied in the Bible. | He prophesied that the world would end in 2012. | Marx prophesied that capitalism would destroy itself.
▪foresee to know that something is going to happen before it happens: They should have foreseen these problems. | No one foresaw the outcome of the war.
▪have a premonition to have a strange feeling that something is about to happen, especially something bad, usually just before it happens: Suddenly I had a strange premonition of danger ahead.
fore‧tell /fɔːˈtel $ fɔːr-/
verb (past tense and past participle foretold /-ˈtəʊld $ -ˈtoʊld/) [transitive] formalto say what will happen in the future, especially by using special magical powers
SYN predict:
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