foreshadow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
Of a person: to have an intuition or premonition about (something); to forebode.

noun

A suggestion of something in advance; a harbinger, a portent.

Pronunciation

/fɔːˈʃædəʊ/ /ˌfɔːˈʃædəʊ/ /fə-/ /ˈfɔːˌʃædəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foreshadow.wav /fɔɹˈʃædoʊ/ /fəɹ-/ /ˈfɔɹˌʃædoʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-foreshadow.wav

Word forms

foreshadow foreshadows foreshadowing foreshadowed no-table-tags glossary foreshadowest foreshadowedst foreshadoweth

Etymology

The verb is derived from fore- (prefix meaning ‘before with respect to time, earlier’) + shadow (“to shade, cloud, or darken”, verb). The noun is derived from fore- + shadow (“faint and imperfect representation”, noun), probably modelled after the verb which is attested earlier.

Synonyms

foretouch foreshadowing omen augury auspice harbinger portent presage prognostic

Derived words

foreshadowed foreshadower foreshadowing unforeshadowed

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