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past tense of foretell
Synonyms & Antonyms of foretold
to tell of or describe beforehand
- a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events
Synonyms for foretold
- augured,
- called,
- forecast
- (also forecasted),
- predicted,
- presaged,
- prognosticated,
- prophesied,
- read,
- vaticinated
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