Difference between Foretell and Announce

What is the difference between Foretell and Announce?

Foretell as a verb is to tell what's going to happen in the future. while Announce as a verb is to give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

Foretell

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To tell what's going to happen in the future.

Announce

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

Example sentence: If Saudi Aramco is listed, then it must announce its statements, and it will do that every quarter. It will be under the supervision of all Saudi banks, all analysts, all Saudi thinkers. Even more, all international banks and research and planning centres in the world will monitor it intensively.

We hope you now know whether to use Foretell or Announce in your sentence.

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