foretokened

verb

past tense of foretoken
as in cautioned

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foretokened
  1. cautioned
  2. alerted
  3. foreshadowed
  4. visualized
  5. envisioned
  6. forewarned
  7. envisaged
  8. predicted
Verb
  • Meehan cautioned that the shorter-term deal shouldn’t be construed as Bedard being uneasy about where things are in Chicago, even after three straight bottom-three finishes.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Agamemnon emerged next and cautioned Odysseus, sharing how he was murdered by his wife after being too confident in receiving a hero’s welcome.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of cautioned
Verb
  • That was until the nearby linesman alerted him to the fact that the goal was disallowed for an apparent foul.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026
  • On Sunday evening, July 12, within hours of being alerted that one of its workers, electrical lineman Joshua McKee, had been killed on the job, the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, BPU, was quick to make a public comment.
    — Eric Adler July 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Definition of alerted
Verb
  • Roberts’s quip foreshadowed his opinion on behalf of the Court holding that near-universal birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the text of the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship clause.
    — Amanda Frost, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • As Sam Khan wrote yesterday, the SWC also foreshadowed the future of college football.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of foreshadowed
Verb
  • And Russia’s true position – and with it Putin’s dilemma – can be visualized in a split screen of competing perspectives.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Researchers recently visualized a set of images across a spectrum of red, white, and blue hues compiled by the Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Definition of visualized
Verb
  • Rather than a concert, Benton envisioned the evening as a community dance party featuring four veteran Kansas City DJs spinning classic funk, R&B and early hip-hop.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
  • Nearly a century ago, John Maynard Keynes envisioned technology leading to abundance and more leisure, freeing humanity for deeper purpose.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • Bloomberg's Mark Gurman forewarned these price increases were coming.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The former star of The White Lotus explained that she'd been forewarned the scenes were cut from creator and showrunner Sam Levinson.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
Definition of forewarned
Verb
  • Each vase was envisaged with soft ripples as if they were shaped by water, wind and time itself.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
  • Global is confident that the show has already been renewed for a second season and Abrams said it was envisaged to return multiple times.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 June 2026
Definition of envisaged
Verb
  • Many predicted this sort of mission-creep when VAR was in its infancy, and those warnings have proven well-founded.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Hurricanes are predicted to grow stronger and spin up faster, too, having a more damaging effect.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of predicted
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“Foretokened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foretokened. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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