pretelling

/priːˈtɛlɪŋ/
noun
  1. The act of telling or predicting something before it occurs.
    • His pretelling of the storm saved many lives.
    • Some people believe in the power of pretelling through dreams.
    • The fortune teller's pretelling was vague and hard to understand.
verb
  1. Present participle of pretell; the act of telling or predicting something before it happens.
    • She is pretelling the results of the experiment based on her theory.
    • The old man was pretelling stories of the future to the children.
    • They are pretelling the winner of the contest before it ends.
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