foretell

verb

1. foreshadow or presage

Similar word(s): announce, annunciate, harbinger, herald

Definition categories: communication, tell

2. make a prediction about; tell in advance

Similar word(s): anticipate, call, forebode, predict, prognosticate, promise

Definition categories: communication, guess, hazard, pretend, venture

3. indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Similar word(s): augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate

Definition categories: communication, bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal