What is the meaning of foretelling?

noun

• A statement made about the future.
  • synonyms: prediction, forecasting, prognostication
• The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
  • synonyms: divination, soothsaying, fortune telling

verb

• Foreshadow or presage.
  • synonyms: announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
• Make a prediction about; tell in advance.
  • usage: "Call the outcome of an election"
  • synonyms: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
• Indicate by signs.
  • usage: "These signs bode bad news"
  • synonyms: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict