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foreshadow
[fawr-shad-oh, fohr-]
verb (used with object)
to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.
Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
foreshadow
/ ɔːˈʃæəʊ /
verb
(tr) to show, indicate, or suggest in advance; presage
Other 51Թ Forms
- foreshadower noun
- ڴǰˈǷɱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of foreshadow1
Example Sentences
Back in 2019, none of us truly grasped the scale of the coming pandemic - but the film subtly foreshadows a shift, reminding us that a crisis can cut across class, caste, and ethnicity, touching everyone.
This turned out to be a bit of foreshadowing.
Successful foreshadowing should be subtle; viewers shouldn’t know where the story will go, but be able to appreciate how the tool was used when considering the film as a whole.
Their lengthy, aggressive handshake during their first in-person visit just a few weeks after Trump's inauguration foreshadowed what would be a long and trying relationship.
His community was bound together by family, tradition and staunch anti-communist sentiment — which, in a few years, fueled a controversy that foreshadowed a political shift in Little Saigon.
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