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English noun: foretelling

1. foretelling (communication) a statement made about the future


Synonymsforecasting, prediction, prognostication


Broader (hypernym)statement


Narrower (hyponym)divination, extropy, forecast, fortunetelling, horoscope, meteorology, prognosis, prophecy, weather forecasting

2. foretelling (cognition) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means


Synonymsdivination, fortune telling, soothsaying


Broader (hypernym)prognostication, prophecy, vaticination


Narrower (hyponym)arithmancy, chirology, chiromancy, dowse, dowsing, geomancy, hydromancy, lithomancy, necromancy, oneiromancy, onomancy, palm reading, palmistry, pyromancy, rhabdomancy









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