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
  • But others cautioned that national political elections are hard to predict.
    — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Palagashvili cautioned that the findings are preliminary and descriptive and do not establish that AI caused the increase.
    — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of cautioned
Verb
  • The Orlando Police Department contacted Citi security in Tampa, which alerted the sheriff’s office to the threat, Chronister said.
    — Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Managers at several different Johnson County locations said they had not been alerted of a closure.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of alerted
Verb
  • When a doddering Joe Biden threatened the party’s hold on the White House and foreshadowed a 2024 congressional wipeout, Pelosi used her considerable influence to not so gently ease the president aside as Democrats’ nominee for the White House.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • But a narrow overtime loss to the Detroit Lions in the season opener foreshadowed the difficult road ahead.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of foreshadowed
Verb
  • The centerpiece in the event space was an art installation that visualized the magnitude of impact that Blue Jeans Go Green has had.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of visualized
Verb
  • The Railyards is one of the region’s most complicated and expensive properties, and for decades has been envisioned as a path to doubling the size of downtown and connecting disjointed sections of the city’s urban core.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Fayethe Vongsouvanh, an art director, envisioned using the Duo for editing photos and planning their wedding.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • How to ferment your own tempeh at home For those who love a kitchen task, tempeh can be made at home—though be forewarned, the preparation can be long and laborious.
    — Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Anyone writing about this will have to be careful about spoilers, so readers here should be forewarned this review will give away one of the main early plot reveals.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of forewarned
Verb
  • Like the boutique hotel concept that forever changed Florence’s hospitality landscape, the new residential concept was envisaged as a place people want to come back to again and again.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • German military planning envisaged a lightning invasion of ​north-​eastern France through neutral Belgium, followed by a rapid advance towards Paris.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of envisaged
Verb
  • Many outsiders predicted this would be a breakout season for Jim Harbaugh, in his third season as head coach.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • New medicines, technologies and entire industries emerge from research with applications that often could not have been predicted at the outset.
    — Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of predicted
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