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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPretell
/prɪˈtɛl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To tell beforehand; to foretell, predict, or prophesy an event before it happens.
"Ancient oracles would often pretell the fates of unsuspecting travelers." - 2
To declare or announce something in advance of its occurrence.
"The dark clouds seemed to pretell the coming storm."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English prefix pre- (meaning before) combined with tell (from Old English tellan, meaning to count, narrate, or relate). Historically used in archaic or dialectal contexts to denote prophesying, foretelling, or speaking of an event before it occurs.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pretell" is said worldwide
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prédire
Transliteration: pʁe.diʁ
"Les anciens devins savaient prédire l'avenir."
vorhersagen
Transliteration: foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ˌzaːɡn̩
"Es ist schwer, die Zukunft genau vorherzusagen."
predire
Transliteration: preˈdire
"L'indovino cercò di predire gli eventi futuri."
predecir
Transliteration: pɾe.ðeˈsiɾ
"Los científicos intentan predecir el clima con precisión."
predizer
Transliteration: pɾe.diˈzeɾ
"Era impossível predizer o resultado daquela partida."
भविष्यवाणी करना
Transliteration: bhavishyavani karna
"ज्योतिषी ने उसकी सफलता की भविष्यवाणी की।"
预言
Transliteration: yùyán
"古代的智者能够预言未来的发生。"
예언하다
Transliteration: ye-eon-hada
"그 선지자는 다가올 재앙을 예언했다."
予言する
Transliteration: yogen suru
"古代の予言者が将来の出来事を予言した。"
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