foretelling

foretelling
noun
1. the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
• Derivationally related forms: ↑divine (for: ↑divination)
• Hypernyms: ↑prophecy, ↑prognostication, ↑vaticination
• Hyponyms:
2. a statement made about the future
• Derivationally related forms: ↑prognosticate (for: ↑prognostication), ↑forecast (for: ↑forecasting), ↑foretell
• Hypernyms: ↑statement
• Hyponyms:

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