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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.
Synonyms
Examples for "divination"
Examples for "divination"
1
Moses told us that God said, 'Do not practice divination or sorcery.
2
Others have the power of divination; he had the faculty of scent.
3
They were centred in the Laws as the only means of divination.
4
At last a man came in to consult the idols by divination.
5
Being in all probability a mode of divination for insuring good luck.
1
By the way, one of our doctors had a queer soothsaying experience.
2
Birds, in soothsaying; wisdom shown by; tree which is a natural snare for.
3
The Babylonians pretended to great skill in astrology, soothsaying, and magic.
4
Vifil had two dogs, called Hopp and Ho, and was skilled in soothsaying.
5
One morning early, the soothsaying Delaware appeared with a gloomy countenance.
1
Neither does I believe in the fortune telling or charms.
2
Tells how they live, how they supplement their relief payment by fortune telling, etc.
3
Then he gets this fortune telling him that happiness is right next to him.
4
Many may be skeptical that feng shui or other fortune telling can bring in riches.
5
But Muslim scholars consider fortune telling to be blasphemy.
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