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foreshadow

[fawr-shad-oh, fohr-]

verb (used with object)

  1. to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.

    Political upheavals foreshadowed war.



foreshadow

/ ɔːˈʃæəʊ /

verb

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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • foreshadower noun
  • ڴǰˈ󲹻Ƿɱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of foreshadow1

First recorded in 1570–80; fore- + shadow
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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.

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This turned out to be a bit of foreshadowing.

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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.

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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.

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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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