foretelling

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a statement made about the future
noun the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
verb foreshadow or presage

Doing cures and foretellings, is it? — The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays, W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
This way of foretelling by names is not new; it was in old times celebrated and religiously observed by the Pythagoreans. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
That dark-winged bird that sought the skies Foretelling grief with warning cries, Sits on the tree where buds are gay, And pours glad music from the spray. — The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Valmiki

prediction, forecasting, prognostication

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