foretell

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. presage, portend; forecast, prognosticate, predict. See prediction.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. predict, prophesy, prognosticate, divine, foresee, announce in advance, forecast, soothsay, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, vaticinate, foreknow, forebode, augur, betoken, portend, foreshadow, adumbrate, foretoken, presage, prefigure, foreshow.

Ant. record*, confirm, recount.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

predict, forecast, prophesy, foresee, divine, augur, presage, prognosticate, anticipate, forebode, portend, warn.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference: call, forecast, predict, prognosticate, project. See FORESIGHT. 2. To tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means: augur, divine, prophesy, soothsay, vaticinate. See FORESIGHT. 3. To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate. See FORESIGHT, SHOW.