According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
FORETELL
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance; “Call the outcome of an election”
announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
(verb) foreshadow or presage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
foretell (third-person singular simple present foretells, present participle foretelling, simple past and past participle foretold)
(ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
(transitive) To tell (a person) of the future.
Synonyms
• foresay
• forespeak
Anagrams
• toll-free, tollfree
Source: Wiktionary
Fore*tell", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretold; p. pr. & vb. n. Foretelling.]
Definition: To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow. Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope. Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.
Syn.
– To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.
Fore*tell", v. i.
Definition: To utter predictions. Acts iii. 24.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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