foretell
verb (used with object)
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
will foretell
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future tenseof foretell.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Like the men’s squad, the women’s performance in the coming weeks will foretell whether it’s on the right path in 2022 — or in need of urgent repair.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2022
There is nothing more like than two ages that are very like; which is all that Rousseau means by saying, "give him an account of any great metropolis, and he will foretell its fate."
From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole
The wood-wife laughed: Since I am wise, said she, I will foretell thee good days.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
The condition of the farmers is the postulate by which the sagacious economist will foretell the future prosperity of the nation they represent.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
He will come as a messenger from Ahuramazdoo and will foretell the time of the resurrection and judgment.
From Modern Persia by Mooshie G. Daniel
