foretokening

verb

present participle of foretoken
as in alerting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foretokening
  1. alerting
  2. cautioning
  3. foreshadowing
  4. visualizing
  5. envisioning
  6. forewarning
  7. envisaging
  8. predicting
Verb
  • Twenty-five years ago, the artist and custom framer Pamela Morgan got a call from a friend alerting her to the sale of a worn cottage house in the Springs believed to date back to the late 1700s.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Wildlife officers collected hair samples from the broken door for DNA analysis and set a trap at the property while alerting neighbors to take preventive precautions.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of alerting
Verb
  • And the pendulum has swung on hormone therapy; medical groups now recommend it again for many patients, after years of cautioning against it.
    — Mara Gordon, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The European Union joined in, cautioning against the labeling requirement and pointing to the European Food Safety Authority report.
    — Ashley Okwuosa, STAT, 30 July 2026
Definition of cautioning
Verb
  • Throughout the season, there seems to be foreshadowing that something bad might happen to Robby.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2026
  • As all of this finale drama is happening around him, Danny gets increasingly drunker, foreshadowing absolutely nothing good coming our way.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Definition of foreshadowing
Verb
  • This view helpfully shows key numbers (such as resolved requests, involvement rate, resolution rate) at the top, along with a funnel that visualizes visualizing how requests are resolved (with AI or humans).
    — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The feature launched globally on the web version of Google Earth earlier this week, and Google’s blog post pitched it as a tool for visualizing historical sites and real estate projects.
    — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 31 July 2026
Definition of visualizing
Verb
  • The former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher began building the estate in 2016 while playing for the Texas Rangers, envisioning it as a dream home for himself and then-wife Heidi Strobel.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Rams selected Hunter in the fourth round of the 2025 draft, envisioning the former Auburn standout as a breakaway threat.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of envisioning
Verb
  • James alerted the Lakers with enough forewarning before free agency officially begins on Tuesday evening about his future plans.
    — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • According to Davidson, the BAFTAs did give the crowd some forewarning about his tics.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of forewarning
Verb
  • Gufram and Snarkitecture’s Sculpted Mirror In envisaging the Sculpted Mirror for Gufram, Snarkitecture founders designers Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham carefully studied the theme of reflective surfaces.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
Definition of envisaging
Verb
  • Processor defenses leave a tiny opening Modern processors improve performance by predicting which path a program is likely to follow and beginning the work before the correct path is confirmed.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But predicting what will be Roman's greatest accomplishments over the course of its five-year-mission is a tricky business.
    — Joe Palca, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of predicting
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“Foretokening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foretokening. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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