foreshadow

Foreshadow is defined as to give a hint beforehand that something is going to happen.

(verb)

An example of foreshadow is to introduce a weapon into a movie scene, which will later be used in combat.

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See foreshadow in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to be a sign of (something to come); indicate or suggest beforehand; prefigure; presage

See foreshadow in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb fore·shad·owed, fore·shad·ow·ing, fore·shad·ows
To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand; presage.

Related Forms:

  • fore·shadˈow·er noun

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