foretelling
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6.8
- noun
- /fɔrˈtɛlɪŋ/
- The ancient scroll contained a foretelling of the kingdom's future.
Examples
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She made a sound, staring at him, for he seemed, amid the light and stone and scattered crystals, another vision, a foretelling.
Fiction book (1993) -
You know, they say sometimes a dream might be a foretelling.
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This is the foretelling of your arrival.
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This is the truth about the world that we have created for ourselves and a dire foretelling of where we are going ...
Blog text (27) -
Her husband, King Laius, had received a prophecy from Apollo's Oracle foretelling that he would die at the hands of his own son.
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'The silence, an eerie foretelling of the destruction to come 'at one o'clock, the hour of doom!'
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Many cultures have myths that include a foretelling of events that will shape their destinies.
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She wrote down her dreams, believing they might hold a foretelling of what was to come.
Synonyms
331
2.6
A guess about what will happen in the future based on facts or signs
201
6.2
A statement that predicts the future and comes from someone who says they know it
22
3.7
Saying what will happen in the future using information
8
5.8
A way of finding out what will happen to someone in the future using mysterious methods
7
9.3
A statement about what will happen in the future
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9.9
Saying what will happen in the future using signs or magic
1
9.6
Thinking about the future to plan for it
1
9.9
A prediction of future events said to come from a god
Antonyms
How Certain
201
6.2
203
1.8
331
2.6
1
6.8
276
4.8
601
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word foretelling comes from the part fore- meaning 'before' and the verb tell meaning 'to say'. So foretelling is literally 'saying' something 'before' it happens, like a forecast, which is why it means predicting what will happen.