as in predicts
to tell of or describe beforehand
a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events
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Recent Examples of foretells
The evidence foretells what’s in store for the future.
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Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
Tarot foretells the news that is manifesting and provides a warning.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
For most, such latitude foretells a long stretch to go.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
No scripture foretells GPUs, gradient descent, or multimodal transformers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foretells
predicts
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The model predicts target expressions from subtle initial facial changes.—
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The study by Diversified Energy Specialists predicts that smaller fuel dealers will be negatively affected by the policy more than larger companies.—
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“Foretells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foretells. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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