foretell
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
foreshadow or presage
Types & categories
- tell hypernym
Related & opposite
- annunciator derivation
- harbinger derivation
Sense 2 verb
make a prediction about; tell in advance
Call the outcome of an election
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- prediction derivation
- prophecy derivation
- foretelling derivation
- prognosis derivation
- foreboding derivation
- premonition derivation
- predictor derivation
- anticipatory derivation
- prognostic derivation
Sense 3 verb
indicate by signs
These signs bode bad news
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- adumbration derivation
- prognosis derivation
- prognostication derivation
- auspice derivation
- augur derivation
- foreshadowing derivation
- prognostic derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | annunciator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | harbinger |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tell |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prediction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prophecy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | foretelling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prognosis |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | foreboding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | premonition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | predictor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipatory |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prognostic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hazard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | read |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | second-guess |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | augur |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bet |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | forecast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | prophesy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adumbration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prognosis |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prognostication |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | auspice |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | augur |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | foreshadowing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prognostic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bespeak |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | threaten |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | foreshow |