Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to foretell
Participle: foretold
Gerund: foretelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | foretell |
| you | foretell |
| he;she;it | foretells |
| we | foretell |
| you | foretell |
| they | foretell |
Perfect
| I | have foretold |
| you | have foretold |
| he;she;it | has foretold |
| we | have foretold |
| you | have foretold |
| they | have foretold |
Past
| I | foretold |
| you | foretold |
| he;she;it | foretold |
| we | foretold |
| you | foretold |
| they | foretold |
Pluperfect
| I | had foretold |
| you | had foretold |
| he;she;it | had foretold |
| we | had foretold |
| you | had foretold |
| they | had foretold |
Future
| I | will foretell |
| you | will foretell |
| he;she;it | will foretell |
| we | will foretell |
| you | will foretell |
| they | will foretell |
Future Perfect
| I | will have foretold |
| you | will have foretold |
| he;she;it | will have foretold |
| we | will have foretold |
| you | will have foretold |
| they | will have foretold |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | foretell |
| you | foretell |
| he;she;it | foretell |
| we | foretell |
| you | foretell |
| they | foretell |
Perfect
| I | have foretold |
| you | have foretold |
| he;she;it | have foretold |
| we | have foretold |
| you | have foretold |
| they | have foretold |
Imperfect
| I | foretold |
| you | foretold |
| he;she;it | foretold |
| we | foretold |
| you | foretold |
| they | foretold |
Pluperfect
| I | had foretold |
| you | had foretold |
| he;she;it | had foretold |
| we | had foretold |
| you | had foretold |
| they | had foretold |
Conditional
Present
| I | would foretell |
| you | would foretell |
| he;she;it | would foretell |
| we | would foretell |
| you | would foretell |
| they | would foretell |
Perfect
| I | would have foretold |
| you | would have foretold |
| he;she;it | would have foretold |
| we | would have foretold |
| you | would have foretold |
| they | would have foretold |
Imperative
| you | foretell |
| we | Let's foretell |
| you | foretell |
Verbs conjugated like 'foretell'
foretell,
resell,
retell,
sell,
tell,
undersell,
betell,
cross-sell,
forthtell,
mis-sell,
missell,
no-sell,
onsell,
overtell,
presell,
pretell,
short-sell,
supersell,
unsell,
untell, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'foretell'
farewell,
forecall,
foredeal,
forefeel,
forespell,
forestall,
foretest,
forstall,
forthtell,
pretell,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to know something in advance
- anticipate, augur, call, divine, foresee, foreshadow, predict, presage, prophesy
- prophesy
- adumbrate, augur, call, forecast, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First use appears before 1400, from Middle English foretellen, equivalent to fore- + tell.
Sample Sentences
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[...] least four months preceding: that this could by any possibility be that small snug chamber of the imagination, which Charles Dickens, Esquire, with the spirit of prophecy strong upon him, had always foretold would contain at least one little sofa, and which his lady, with a modest yet most magnificent sense of its limited dimensions, had from the first opined would not hold more than two enormous [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)