different between foretell vs forcast

English

Etymology

c. 1300, from Middle English foretellen, equivalent to fore- +? tell.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fôr-t?l?, IPA^(key): /f???t?l/
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [fo?.?te?]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [f??.?t??]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [f??.?t??]
• Rhymes: -?l
• Hyphenation: fore?tell

Verb

foretell (third-person singular simple present foretells, present participle foretelling, simple past and past participle foretold)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
2. (transitive) To tell (a person) of the future.

Synonyms

• foresay
• forespeak

Derived terms

• foretellable
• foreteller

Related terms

• foretale

Translations

See also

• forecast
• foresee
• forewarn

References

• foretell in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• foretell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• toll-free, tollfree

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English forcasten (“to cast away, reject”), equivalent to for- +? cast. Cognate with Swedish förkasta (“to reject”). Compare forcasten.

Verb

forcast (third-person singular simple present forcasts, present participle forcasting, simple past and past participle forcast or forcasted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To cast away; reject.

Etymology 2

From Middle English forcast, variant of forecast.

Noun

forcast

1. Misspelling of forecast.

Anagrams

• Factors, factors