foretellable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [foːˈtɛɫəbl̩] (UK)
Etymology
From foretell + -able.
Meanings
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Able to be foretold; predictable.
Quickly it taught him to prophesy, to leap over knowledge and wisdom straight into the fire and the glamor of things foretellable.
2012, Michael Williams, chapter X, in Galen Beknighted: Heroes - Book 6:I remember how my entire life seemed to me to be foretellable, if only I could somehow decipher that cycle.
1994, Kenzaburō Ōe, The Pinch Runner Memorandum, page 68:It was the one positively predictable thing, foretellable for ten or for ten thousand years by a simple mathematical calculation.
1915, Arthur Cheney Train, The Man who Rocked the Earth, page 22:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most foretellable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more foretellable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |