Meaning

1 senses

  1. To foretell the future; make predictions.

Origin

Formed as a back-formation from soothsayer or soothsaying, equivalent to sooth + say. Comp

Formed as a back-formation from soothsayer or soothsaying, equivalent to sooth + say. Compare Old English sōþseċġan (“to say truly, declare”).

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Forms

soothsays, soothsaying, soothsaid, soothsaid
Base formsoothsay · to soothsay
3rd person singularsoothsays
Present participlesoothsaying
Past simplesoothsaid
Past participlesoothsaid

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysoothsay
he, she, itsoothsays

Past simpleLesson

all personssoothsaid

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave soothsaid
he, she, ithas soothsaid

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill soothsay

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsoothsaw

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soonishsootsootheB1sootysop
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