📚 Foretell, verb. 🔉 /fɔːˈtɛl/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (with object): Predict (the future or a future event) ❗️ Examples: 1. A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne. 2. In the Greek theatre Chorus speaks for the citizens, comments on events and foretells the future. 3. A science which teaches to judge of the effects and influences of the stars, and to foretell future events, by their situation and different aspects. 4. In pagan times poets were thought to be gifted with second sight, able in a trance or frenzy to foretell future events. 5. The true prophet does not foretell an inevitable future, but warns of likely consequences should a present course of action continue. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic