"foretell" meaning in English

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Terms prefixed with fore-",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fore",
        "2": "tell"
      },
      "expansion": "fore- + tell",
      "name": "ety-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "fore- + tell",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "foretell",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foretells",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foretold",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foretold",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foretelling",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "foretell",
        "2": "foretells",
        "3": "foretold",
        "4": "foretelling"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "fore‧tell",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "If you foretell something, you predict that it will happen in future."
      ],
      "id": "simple-foretell-en-verb-12qymkpE",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "fôr-tĕlʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔrˈtɛl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[foː.ˈteɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɔː.ˈtɛɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɔr.ˈtɛɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-foretell.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "foretell"
}

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    "Terms prefixed with fore-"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fore",
        "2": "tell"
      },
      "expansion": "fore- + tell",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "fore- + tell",
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    {
      "form": "foretell",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foretells",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foretold",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foretold",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foretelling",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "foretell",
        "2": "foretells",
        "3": "foretold",
        "4": "foretelling"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "fore‧tell",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
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        "If you foretell something, you predict that it will happen in future."
      ],
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        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "fôr-tĕlʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔrˈtɛl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[foː.ˈteɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɔː.ˈtɛɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɔr.ˈtɛɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-foretell.ogg",
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        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "foretell"
}