"foretell" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fɔɹˈtɛl/, [foː.ˈteɫ] [General-Australian], [fɔː.ˈtɛɫ] [Received-Pronunciation], [fɔɹ.ˈtɛɫ] [US] Audio: en-us-foretell.ogg [US] Forms: foretells [present, singular, third-person], foretelling [participle, present], foretold [participle, past], foretold [past]
enPR: fôr-tĕlʹ Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: c. 1300, from Middle English foretellen, equivalent to fore- + tell. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foretellen}} Middle English foretellen, {{af|en|fore-|tell}} fore- + tell Head templates: {{en-verb|foretells|foretelling|foretold}} foretell (third-person singular simple present foretells, present participle foretelling, simple past and past participle foretold)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to predict the future): θεσπίζω (thespízō) (Ancient Greek), προθεσπίζω (prothespízō) (Ancient Greek), تَكَهَّنَ (takahhana) (Arabic), تَنَبَّأَ (tanabbaʔa) (Arabic), augurar (Asturian), adivinar (Asturian), предсказвам (predskazvam) (Bulgarian), предричам (predričam) (Bulgarian), věštit [imperfective] (Czech), předpovídat [imperfective] (Czech), prorokovat [imperfective] (Czech), forudsige (Danish), voorspellen (Dutch), s-r-E27-A2 (sr) (Egyptian), antaŭanonci (Esperanto), ennustaa (Finnish), nähdä ennalta (Finnish), prédire (French), predicir (Galician), prever (Galician), adiviñar (Galician), weissagen (German), wahrsagen (German), vorhersagen (German), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fauragateihan) (Gothic), आगम बाँधना (āgam bāndhnā) (Hindi), पेशगोई करना (peśgoī karnā) (Hindi), भविष्यवाणी करना (bhaviṣyavāṇī karnā) (Hindi), पूर्वकथन करना (pūrvakthan karnā) (Hindi), megjósol (Hungarian), meramal (alt: 1) (Indonesian), meramalkan (alt: 1) (Indonesian), tuar (Irish), tairngir (Irish), predire (Italian), prevedere (Italian), 予言するa (yogen-suru) (alt: 1) (Japanese), ចាប់យាម (cap yiem) (Khmer), praedico (Latin), divino (Latin), praeloquor (Latin), ōminor (Latin), cano (Latin), vaticinor (Latin), matakite (Maori), poropiti (Maori), forutsi (Norwegian), do·aurchain (Old Irish), do·airngir (Old Irish), przepowiadać [imperfective] (Polish), przepowiedzieć [perfective] (Polish), prever (Portuguese), предска́зывать (predskázyvatʹ) (Russian), veštiť [imperfective] (Slovak), predecir (Spanish), pronosticar (Spanish), vaticinar (Spanish), förutspå (Swedish), förutsäga (Swedish), tiên tri (Vietnamese), büosagön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-foretell-en-verb-H8aBioMl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'to predict the future': 57 43
  2. (transitive) To tell (a person) of the future. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-foretell-en-verb-XzyiNo1i Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foresay, forespeak, foretel [obsolete] Derived forms: foretellable, foreteller Related terms: foretale, forecast, foresee, forewarn

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          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "ennustaa"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "adiviñar"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "weissagen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "wahrsagen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
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          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "fauragateihan",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "thespízō",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "θεσπίζω"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "prothespízō",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "προθεσπίζω"
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "āgam bāndhnā",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "आगम बाँधना"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "peśgoī karnā",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "पेशगोई करना"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhaviṣyavāṇī karnā",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "भविष्यवाणी करना"
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          "sense": "to predict the future",
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          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "tuar"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "tairngir"
        },
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          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "do·aurchain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "do·airngir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "predire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "prevedere"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "alt": "1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yogen-suru",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "予言するa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cap yiem",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "ចាប់យាម"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "praedico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "divino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "praeloquor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "ōminor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "cano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "vaticinor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "matakite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "poropiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "forutsi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "przepowiadać"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "przepowiedzieć"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "prever"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predskázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "предска́зывать"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "veštiť"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "predecir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "pronosticar"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "vaticinar"
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          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "förutspå"
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "förutsäga"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to predict the future",
          "word": "tiên tri"
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          "sense": "to predict the future",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foretold",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foretold",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "foretells",
        "2": "foretelling",
        "3": "foretold"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fore‧tell"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "foretale"
    },
    {
      "word": "forecast"
    },
    {
      "word": "foresee"
    },
    {
      "word": "forewarn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1741, Conyers Middleton, The Life of Cicero",
          "text": "Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and lustre of his character.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "predict",
          "predict"
        ],
        [
          "prophesy",
          "prophesy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1739, Edward Button, Rudiments of Ancient History",
          "text": "[…] there came to him a Person named Saul, whom Samuel had never before seen; but God made him know it was the same he had foretold him of.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To tell (a person) of the future."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To tell (a person) of the future."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔɹˈtɛl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[foː.ˈteɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɔː.ˈtɛɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɔɹ.ˈtɛɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/En-us-foretell.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "fôr-tĕlʹ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "foresay"
    },
    {
      "word": "forespeak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "foretel"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "takahhana",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "تَكَهَّنَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tanabbaʔa",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "تَنَبَّأَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "augurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "adivinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predskazvam",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "предсказвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predričam",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "предричам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "věštit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "předpovídat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "prorokovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "forudsige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "voorspellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "sr",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "s-r-E27-A2"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "antaŭanonci"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "ennustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "nähdä ennalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "prédire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "predicir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "prever"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "adiviñar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "weissagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "wahrsagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "vorhersagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "fauragateihan",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thespízō",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "θεσπίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prothespízō",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "προθεσπίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "āgam bāndhnā",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "आगम बाँधना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "peśgoī karnā",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "पेशगोई करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhaviṣyavāṇī karnā",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "भविष्यवाणी करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pūrvakthan karnā",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "पूर्वकथन करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "megjósol"
    },
    {
      "alt": "1",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "meramal"
    },
    {
      "alt": "1",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "meramalkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "tuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "tairngir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "do·aurchain"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "do·airngir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "predire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "prevedere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "1",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yogen-suru",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "予言するa"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cap yiem",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "ចាប់យាម"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "praedico"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "divino"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "praeloquor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "ōminor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "cano"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "vaticinor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "matakite"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "poropiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "forutsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przepowiadać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przepowiedzieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "prever"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predskázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "предска́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "veštiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "predecir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "pronosticar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "vaticinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "förutspå"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "förutsäga"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "tiên tri"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to predict the future",
      "word": "büosagön"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foretell"
}
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  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Indonesian: meramal (1), meramalkan (1)",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "foretell",
  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Japanese: 予言する (よげんする, yogen-suru) (1)a",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "foretell",
  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": よげんする vs. 1",
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