foretelling

fore·tell

F0258500 (fôr-tĕl′)tr.v. fore·told (-tōld′), fore·tell·ing, fore·tells To tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.

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fore·tell′er n.Synonyms: foretell, augur, divine, prophesy
These verbs mean to tell about something beforehand by or as if by supernatural means: foretelling the future; augured a scandal; divined the enemy's victory; prophesying a stock-market boom. See Also Synonyms at predict.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	foretelling - a statement made about the futureforecasting, prediction, prognosticationstatement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"extropy - the prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universefortunetelling - the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)horoscope - a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planetsmeteorology, weather forecasting - predicting what the weather will beforecast, prognosis - a prediction about how something (as the weather) will developdivination, prophecy - a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
	2.	foretelling - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural meansfortune telling, soothsaying, divinationprophecy, vaticination, prognostication - knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)arithmancy - divination by means of numbersdowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy - searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rodgeomancy - divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)hydromancy - divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)lithomancy - divination by means of stones or stone talismansnecromancy - conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesyingoneiromancy - divination through the interpretation of dreamsonomancy - divination by the letters of a namechirology, chiromancy, palm reading, palmistry - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the handpyromancy - divination by fire or flames