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Verb foreshadow has 1 sense
- foreshadow(v = verb.communication) augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" is one way to bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Derived form noun foreshadowing1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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foreshadow, v. t.
To shadow or typi/y beforehand; to prefigure. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
foreshadow
adumbrate, adumbration, augur, augury, auspicate, auspice, betoken, betokening, betokenment, bode, body forth, demonstrate, embody, exemplify, figure, forebode, foreshadowing, foreshow, foreshowing, foretoken, foretokening, have a hunch, have an intimation, hint, illustrate, image, impersonate, incarnate, indicant, indicate, indication, mirror, omen, personate, personify, portend, portent, predict, prefiguration, prefigure, preindication, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presage, presignifying, pretypify, prognostic, prognostication, project, promise, prophesy, realize, reflect, shadow, shadow forth, sign, signal, signify, soothsay, token, tokening, typeROGET THESAURUS
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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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