foreshowing

== English == === Alternative forms === foreshewing (archaic) === Etymology 1 === From foreshow +‎ -ing. ==== Verb ==== foreshowing present participle and gerund of foreshow === Etymology 2 === From Middle English forshowyng, forshewyng, foresceuing, foresceawunge, from Old English foresċēawung, equivalent to foreshow +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== foreshowing (countable and uncountable, plural foreshowings) The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication foreshowings and prophecies