"foretelling" in the noun sense
1. prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
a statement made about the future
2. divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
"foretelling" in the verb sense
1. announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
foreshadow or presage
2. predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
make a prediction about tell in advance
"Call the outcome of an election"
3. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
indicate, as with a sign or an omen
"These signs bode bad news"
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