Foreshadow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fɔːˈʃædəʊ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Foreshadow is a verb meaning To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
Meaning
To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
More Meanings
- A suggestion of something in advance; a harbinger, a portent.
- (rare) Of a person: to have an intuition or premonition about (something); to forebode.
Example Sentences
[T]he ceremonies commaunded in the lawe, did foreſhadowe Chriſt.
A good man's praise foreshadoweth God's, and in His smile is heaven: […]
I have inveigled Tristan and Iseult / Back into this thy court—to Tristan's death, / And my installing as apparent heir, / As thou foreshadowedst.
Thou foreshadowest for us good hopes even for the amendment for what is being left, now that Thou hast already begun to give assent to our prayers, […]
Word Forms
- foreshadows
- foreshadowing
- foreshadowed
- foreshadowest
- foreshadowedst
- foreshadoweth
Synonyms for foreshadow
Depending on context, synonyms include foretouch, foreshadowing, omen, augury, auspice, harbinger.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include auspicate, prefigure, foretell, bode, portend, presage.
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