foretold

UK: /fɔː^rˈtəʊld/

From the verb foretell: (⇒ conjugate)

foretold is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

fore•tell /fɔrˈtɛl/   v., -told, -tell•ing. 

1. to tell of beforehand;
   predict;
   prophesy: [~ + object]
   Who can foretell the future?
   [~ + (that) clause]
   The prophet foretold that the kingdom would be attacked.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fore•tell  (fôr tel′, fōr-), v.t., -told, -tell•ing. 

1. to tell of beforehand;
   predict;
   prophesy.

• Middle English fortell. See fore-, tell¹ 1250–1300

fore•tell′er, n. 
Synonyms

forecast, augur, presage, forebode.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

foretell / fɔːˈtɛl/ verb ( -tells, -telling, -told)

1. (tr; may take a clause as object) to tell or indicate (an event, a result, etc) beforehand; predict