pretell – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pretell

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pretell
Participle: pretold
Gerund: pretelling

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ipretell
youpretell
he;she;itpretells
wepretell
youpretell
theypretell

Perfect

Ihave pretold
youhave pretold
he;she;ithas pretold
wehave pretold
youhave pretold
theyhave pretold

Past

Ipretold
youpretold
he;she;itpretold
wepretold
youpretold
theypretold

Pluperfect

Ihad pretold
youhad pretold
he;she;ithad pretold
wehad pretold
youhad pretold
theyhad pretold

Future

Iwill pretell
youwill pretell
he;she;itwill pretell
wewill pretell
youwill pretell
theywill pretell

Future Perfect

Iwill have pretold
youwill have pretold
he;she;itwill have pretold
wewill have pretold
youwill have pretold
theywill have pretold

Subjunctive

Present

Ipretell
youpretell
he;she;itpretell
wepretell
youpretell
theypretell

Perfect

Ihave pretold
youhave pretold
he;she;ithave pretold
wehave pretold
youhave pretold
theyhave pretold

Imperfect

Ipretold
youpretold
he;she;itpretold
wepretold
youpretold
theypretold

Pluperfect

Ihad pretold
youhad pretold
he;she;ithad pretold
wehad pretold
youhad pretold
theyhad pretold

Conditional

Present

Iwould pretell
youwould pretell
he;she;itwould pretell
wewould pretell
youwould pretell
theywould pretell

Perfect

Iwould have pretold
youwould have pretold
he;she;itwould have pretold
wewould have pretold
youwould have pretold
theywould have pretold

Imperative

youpretell
weLet's pretell
youpretell

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pretelling
youare pretelling
he;she;itis pretelling
weare pretelling
youare pretelling
theyare pretelling

Perfect

Ihave been pretelling
youhave been pretelling
he;she;ithas been pretelling
wehave been pretelling
youhave been pretelling
theyhave been pretelling

Past

Iwas pretelling
youwere pretelling
he;she;itwas pretelling
wewere pretelling
youwere pretelling
theywere pretelling

Pluperfect

Ihad been pretelling
youhad been pretelling
he;she;ithad been pretelling
wehad been pretelling
youhad been pretelling
theyhad been pretelling

Future

Iwill be pretelling
youwill be pretelling
he;she;itwill be pretelling
wewill be pretelling
youwill be pretelling
theywill be pretelling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pretelling
youwill have been pretelling
he;she;itwill have been pretelling
wewill have been pretelling
youwill have been pretelling
theywill have been pretelling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pretelling
youwould be pretelling
he;she;itwould be pretelling
wewould be pretelling
youwould be pretelling
theywould be pretelling

Perfect

Iwould have been pretelling
youwould have been pretelling
he;she;itwould have been pretelling
wewould have been pretelling
youwould have been pretelling
theywould have been pretelling

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pretell'

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 'pretell'

presell, retell, betell, foretell, prebill, precel, prefill, preroll, preswell, pretend,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From pre- + tell.

Sample Sentences

  • The Roman historian Tacitus does not simply tell what has happened in a past long past so that it will be preserved for the present and into an endless future; rather, he pretells what has happened, in effect transposing history (necessarily of the past) into prediction (necessarily of the future). [1983, David A. White, The Grand Continuum: Reflections on Joyce and Metaphysics:]