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forethink |
forethought |
forethoughted |
forethoughtful |
foretime |
foretoken
| foretold
| foretop
| forever
| forever and a day
| forevermore
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun foretoken has 1 sense
- foretoken(n = noun.event) augury, preindication, sign - an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" is a kind of experience
has particulars: war cloud, omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication
CIDE DICTIONARY
foretoken, n. [AS. foretācen. See Token.].
Prognostic; previous omen. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
foretoken, v. t. [AS. foretācnian; fore + tācnian.].
To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. [1913 Webster]
"Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood."
OXFORD DICTIONARY
foretoken, n. & v.
--n. a sign of something to come.
--v.tr. portend; indicate beforehand.
--n. a sign of something to come.
--v.tr. portend; indicate beforehand.
Etymology
OE foretacn (as FORE-, TOKEN)
THESAURUS
foretoken
adumbration, augur, augury, auspice, badge, betoken, betokening, betokenment, bode, boding, divine, forebode, forerunner, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshow, foreshowing, foretokening, forewarning, harbinger, herald, hint, indicant, indicate, indication, inkling, intimation, mark, mean, note, omen, ostent, point to, portend, portent, precursor, prefiguration, prefigure, preindicate, preindication, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presage, presign, presignal, presignify, presignifying, pretypify, prognostic, prognostication, promise, shadow, sign, signify, soothsay, spell, suggestion, symptom, token, tokening, type, typify, warningROGET THESAURUS
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Prediction
VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.
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