foreshadow

== English == === Etymology === The verb is derived from fore- (prefix meaning ‘before with respect to time, earlier’) +‎ shadow (“to shade, cloud, or darken”, verb). The noun is derived from fore- +‎ shadow (“faint and imperfect representation”, noun), probably modelled after the verb which is attested earlier. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (verb) IPA(key): /fɔːˈʃædəʊ/, /ˌfɔːˈʃædəʊ/, /fə-/ (noun) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːˌʃædəʊ/ Rhymes: -ædəʊ (General American) (verb) IPA(key): /fɔɹˈʃædoʊ/, /fəɹ-/ (noun) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹˌʃædoʊ/ Hyphenation: fore‧sha‧dow === Verb === foreshadow (third-person singular simple present foreshadows, present participle foreshadowing, simple past and past participle foreshadowed) (transitive) To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage. [from 16th c.] (rare) Of a person: to have an intuition or premonition about (something); to forebode. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== foreshadowed (adjective) foreshadower foreshadowing (noun) unforeshadowed ==== Translations ==== === Noun === foreshadow (plural foreshadows) A suggestion of something in advance; a harbinger, a portent. Synonyms: foretouch, foreshadowing; see also Thesaurus:omen ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Foreshadow (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia