What is the meaning of foretold?

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

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