foreshadow

fore·shad·ow

 (fôr-shăd′ō)

tr.v. fore·shad·owed, fore·shad·ow·ing, fore·shad·ows

To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand; presage: hostilities that foreshadowed all-out war.

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fore·shad′ow·er n.

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foreshadow

(fɔːˈʃædəʊ)

vb

(tr) to show, indicate, or suggest in advance; presage

foreˈshadower n

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fore•shad•ow

(fɔrˈʃæd oʊ, foʊr-)

v.t.

to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.

[1570–80]

fore•shad′ow•er, n.

fore•shad′ow•ing, n.

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foreshadow

Past participle: foreshadowed
Gerund: foreshadowing

Imperative

foreshadow

foreshadow

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

foreshadow - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" augur, auspicate, bode, omen, portend, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecast, foretell threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens" bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration

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foreshadow

verb predict, suggest, promise, indicate, signal, imply, bode, prophesy, augur, presage, prefigure, portend, betoken, adumbrate, forebode Sales figures foreshadow more redundancies.

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foreshadow

verb

To give an indication of something in advance:

adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate.

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Translations

preannunziarepreavvisarepresagire

foreshadow

[fɔːˈʃædəʊ] VT → anunciar, presagiar

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foreshadow

[fɔː^rˈʃædəʊ] vt → annoncer

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foreshadow

vt → ahnen lassen, andeuten

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foreshadow

[fɔːˈʃædəʊ] vt (liter) → presagire, far prevedere

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