English-Thai Dictionary

foretell

VT ทำนาย (ทาง วรรณ คดี  คาดการณ์  เห็น ล่วงหน้า  คาดการณ์ล่วงหน้า  forebode prophesy vaticinate tam-nai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORETELL

v.t. 1. To predict; to tell before an event happens; to prophesy.
2. To foretoken; to foreshow.

 

FORETELL

v.i.To utter prediction or prophecy. All the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. Acts 3:24.

 

FORETELLER

n.One who predicts or prophesies; a foreshower.

 

FORETELLING

n.Prediction.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORETELL

Fore *tell ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretold; p. pr. & vb. n.Foretelling. ]

 

Defn: To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow. Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope. Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.

 

Syn. -- To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.

 

FORETELL

FORETELL Fore *tell ", v. i.

 

Defn: To utter predictions. Acts iii. 24.

 

FORETELLER

FORETELLER Fore *tell "er, n.

 

Defn: One who predicts. Boyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

foretell

fore tell |fôrˈtel fɔrˈtɛl | ▶verb ( past and past participle foretold ) [ with obj. ] predict (the future or a future event ): as he foretold, thousands lost their lives | [ with clause ] : a seer had foretold that she would assume the throne. DERIVATIVES fore tell er noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

foretell

fore |tell |fɔːˈtɛl | ▶verb ( past and past participle foretold |-ˈtəʊld | ) [ with obj. ] predict (the future or a future event ): [ with clause ] : a seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne. DERIVATIVES foreteller noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

foretell

foretell verb 1 the locals can foretell a storm: predict, forecast, prophesy, prognosticate; foresee, anticipate, envisage, envision, see. 2 dreams can foretell the future: indicate, foreshadow, prefigure, anticipate, warn of, point to, signal, portend, augur, presage, be an omen of; literary forebode, foretoken, betoken; archaic foreshow.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

foretell

foretell verb 1 it all happened as she had foretold: predict, forecast, foresee, anticipate, envisage, envision, see, prophesy, prognosticate, augur, divine; warn, forewarn; archaic foreshow, croak; Scottish archaic spae; rare vaticinate, auspicate. 2 the shootings foretold more terrible violence: augur, presage, portend, foreshadow, indicate, signal, point to, add up to, be an omen of, be a warning of, be a harbinger of; literary forebode, foretoken, betoken, harbinger; rare prefigure.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

foretell

fore tell /fɔː r tél /動詞 (→tell )他動詞 【占いなどで 】…を予言する, 予知する «by » .自動詞 «…を » 予言 [予知 ]する «of » .