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Antonyms for foretell
fɔrˈtɛl, foʊr-fore·tell
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
foretell
"Persons or things augur; persons only forebode or presage; things only betoken or portend."
Crabb English Synonymes. We augur well for a voyage from past good fortune and a good start; we presage success from the stanchness of the ship and the skill of the captain. We forebode misfortune either from circumstances that betoken failure, or from gloomy fancies for which we could not give a reason. Dissipation among the officers and mutiny among the crew portend disaster. Divine has reference to the ancient soothsayers' arts (as in Gen. xliv, 5, 15), and refers rather to reading hearts than to reading the future. We say I could not divine his motive, or his intention.Antonyms:
assure, calculate, demonstrate, determine, establish, insure, make sure, prove, settle, warrantSynonyms:
augur, betoken, bode, divine, forebode, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesyPreposition:
I augur from all circumstances a prosperous result; I augur ill of the enterprise; "augurs ill to the rights of the people,"Thomas Jefferson Writings vol. ii, p. 506. [Taylor, Walton & Maberley '53.] I augur well, or this augurs well, for your cause.
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announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, heraldverb
foreshadow or presage
Synonyms:
predict, herald, hail, betoken, announce, augur, annunciate, bode, portend, omen, harbinger, acclaim, prefigure, call, prognosticate, anticipate, foreshadow, forebode, forecast, declare, promise, auspicate, denote, presagepredict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promiseverb
make a prediction about; tell in advance
"Call the outcome of an election"
Synonyms:
forestall, predict, augur, forebode, foreshadow, scream, prognosticate, counter, promise, phone, yell, foreknow, shout out, cry, herald, call in, auspicate, expect, holler, call up, betoken, call off, assure, call, look for, send for, previse, anticipate, address, visit, portend, shout, bode, foresee, look to, announce, presage, name, hollo, squall, bid, ring, omen, forecast, harbinger, telephone, annunciate, prefigurebode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predictverb
indicate by signs
"These signs bode bad news"
Synonyms:
predict, herald, bespeak, indicate, promise, figure, betoken, announce, count on, annunciate, bode, foreshadow, omen, point, harbinger, estimate, portend, call, prognosticate, anticipate, reckon, augur, calculate, forebode, prefigure, signal, forecast, auspicate, presage
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foretellverb
Synonyms:
predict, prophesy, prognosticate, augur, presage, portend, forebode, bode, divine, foreshadow, presignify
How to use foretell in a sentence?
I can't foretell the future but I don't believe that the act of leaving the European Union would make our economic position worse, I think it would make it better.
We can foretell that an earthquake of that magnitude will happen soon, but that is the best we can do. There is no way you can predict it.
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then.
If these measures are rejected, all (prospects) are open, any percentage of defeat for the Syriza party ... would open a discussion that I cannot foretell how would end. We would be entering an adventure.
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then
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