noun
the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
• Syn: ↑prefiguration, ↑adumbration
• Derivationally related forms: ↑foreshadow, ↑prefigure (for: ↑prefiguration)
• Hypernyms: ↑prediction, ↑anticipation, ↑prevision
adjective
indistinctly prophetic
• Syn: ↑adumbrative, ↑prefigurative
• Similar to: ↑prophetic, ↑prophetical
• Derivationally related forms: ↑prefigure (for: ↑prefigurative)
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foreshadˈowing noun
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Main Entry: ↑fore-
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foreshadowing noun, pl -ings [count, noncount]
The first chapter contains foreshadowings of what will happen later.
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Main Entry: ↑foreshadow
Useful english dictionary. 2012.