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foretold

adjective as in known beforehand

Strong matches

  • boded
  • presaged
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Example Sentences

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In his 1998 book “Paradise Lost,” Schrag sought not simply to foretell the region’s future, but to explicate how its future foretold what was in store for the country as a whole.

His three under par on the front nine of the second day at the North was noteworthy, but hardly foretold a round that would go into lore.

From BBC

The reality is much worse than the abstract planning document foretold.

From Salon

Arnold Schoenberg’s sacrilegious “Pierrot Lunaire” foretold a distortion of reality that has never left us.

Morrissey’s résumé foretold his vision: Old Smoke was a boxing champion, gangster, casino owner, gambler and future United States congressman.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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