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    FORESHADOW

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they foreshadow  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it foreshadows  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: foreshadowed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: foreshadowed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: foreshadowing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Indicate, as with a sign or an omenplay

    Example:

    These signs bode bad news

    Synonyms:

    augur; auspicate; betoken; bode; forecast; foreshadow; foretell; omen; portend; predict; prefigure; presage; prognosticate

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "foreshadow" is one way to...):

    bespeak; betoken; indicate; point; signal (be a signal for or a symptom of)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "foreshadow"):

    threaten (to be a menacing indication of something)

    foreshow (foretell by divine inspiration)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    foreshadowing (the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand)

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