as in predicts
to tell of or describe beforehand
a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events
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Recent Examples of foretells
The evidence foretells what’s in store for the future.
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Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
Tarot foretells the news that is manifesting and provides a warning.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
For most, such latitude foretells a long stretch to go.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
No scripture foretells GPUs, gradient descent, or multimodal transformers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
Tarot foretells the news that is manifesting and provides a warning.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
For most, such latitude foretells a long stretch to go.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
No scripture foretells GPUs, gradient descent, or multimodal transformers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foretells
predicts
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From Friday evening to Saturday afternoon, the Norman station predicts that the majority of the downfall will include snow ice accumulations.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
21 Jan. 2026
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In tandem, Impinj predicts that retailers will equally double down on supply chain intelligence and improved data insights.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Foretells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foretells. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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