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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Foreshow has 1 sense
- foreshow(v = verb.communication) - foretell by divine inspiration; is one way to augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. [1913 Webster]
"Your looks foreshow
You have a gentle heart." [1913 Webster]
You have a gentle heart." [1913 Webster]
"Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose,
Whose purple blush the day foreshows." [1913 Webster]
Whose purple blush the day foreshows." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Foreshow, v.tr. (past part. -shown)
1 foretell.
2 foreshadow, portend, prefigure.
1 foretell.
2 foreshadow, portend, prefigure.
THESAURUS
Foreshow
adumbrate, auspicate, betoken, bode, forebode, forerun, foreshadow, foretoken, harbinger, have a hunch, have an intimation, herald, omen, portend, predict, preindicate, presage, promise, shadow, shadow forthROGET THESAURUS
Foreshow
Prediction
VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.
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