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
What that foretells for keeping that split career ongoing into the future remains to be told.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
From the Russian perspective, all of this lines up with Europe’s history and foretells its destiny.
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Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
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.
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Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
15 Nov. 2025
For most, such latitude foretells a long stretch to go.
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Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
No scripture foretells GPUs, gradient descent, or multimodal transformers.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
From the Russian perspective, all of this lines up with Europe’s history and foretells its destiny.
—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
The evidence foretells what’s in store for the future.
—
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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The British betting company William Hill predicts that soccer fans will throw back more than 5 million pints of beer in stadiums and fan zones during this year's World Cup.
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Peter Supino of Wolfe Research predicts a WBD-like bidding war for NBCU, with Netflix among those apt to circle.
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“Foretells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foretells. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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