foreshadowing Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
prefiguration; adumbration.
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verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
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adjective satellite indistinctly prophetic
adumbrative; prefigurative.