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foretell

verb
🔊/fɔːˈtel/
🔊/fɔːrˈtel/
(literary)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they foretell
🔊/fɔːˈtel/
🔊/fɔːrˈtel/
he / she / it foretells
🔊/fɔːˈtelz/
🔊/fɔːrˈtelz/
past simple foretold
🔊/fɔːˈtəʊld/
🔊/fɔːrˈtəʊld/
past participle foretold
🔊/fɔːˈtəʊld/
🔊/fɔːrˈtəʊld/
-ing form foretelling
🔊/fɔːˈtelɪŋ/
🔊/fɔːrˈtelɪŋ/
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  1. to know or say what will happen in the future, especially by using magic powers（尤指用魔力）预知，预言
    • foretell something to foretell the future预言未来
    • foretell that… The witch foretold that she would marry a prince.女巫预言她将嫁给王子。🔊🔊
    • foretell what, when, etc… None of us can foretell what lies ahead.我们谁都不能预知未来。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryForetell is used with these nouns as the object:
    • future
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