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Meanings of foretelling in English
Portuguese
divinação 
The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
Usage of foretelling in English
1
In political campaigns he was the prophet, foretelling results with unusual accuracy.
2
But to the last Ralph Holt was uncomfortable and dismal, foretelling miseries.
3
Therefore they all gave their voices for war, foretelling a grand success.
4
The power of foretelling the future is yet in its infancy.
5
That is the failing of foretelling, no matter how much we want otherwise.'
6
But she had the other part of Min's foretelling to bolster her courage.
7
That there was a prophecy foretelling you would be the one.
8
Michael, not without a feeling of mental irritation, listened to the African's foretelling.
9
Or would his mouth fill with dirt, foretelling the triumph of the clan?
10
He studies the cocoa as if it were tea leaves foretelling the soggiest future.
11
The dead also appeared in visions, usually foretelling death to the person they visited.
12
They told me how good she was at foretelling weather, at telling the crops.
13
One shilling for simple magic such as foretelling the fate of common black people.
14
My mother's skill at foretelling the future is borne out.
15
For the Gospel reality should correspond to the prophetic foretelling.
16
It is seldom those who make a trade of foretelling the future grow rich.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Translations for foretelling
Spanish
Foretelling through the time
Foretelling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common