foretellable

[foːˈtɛɫəbl̩]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Meaning

adj

"It was the one positively predictable thing, foretellable for ten or for ten thousand years by a simple mathematical calculation."
"I remember how my entire life seemed to me to be foretellable, if only I could somehow decipher that cycle."
"Quickly it taught him to prophesy, to leap over knowledge and wisdom straight into the fire and the glamor of things foretellable."

From foretell + -able.

more foretellable (comparative) most foretellable (superlative)

unforetellable

foreseeable

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How do you pronounce foretellable?

The recorded pronunciation is [foːˈtɛɫəbl̩].

What does foretellable mean?

Able to be foretold; predictable.

Where does foretellable come from?

From foretell + -able.

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