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- Dictionaryforeshadow/fəˈʃadəʊ/
verb
- 1. be a warning or indication of (a future event): "other new measures are foreshadowed in the White Paper"
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FORESHADOW definition: 1. to act as a warning or sign of a future event: 2. to act as a warning or sign of a future…. Learn more.
The meaning of FORESHADOW is to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure. How to use foreshadow in a sentence.
Foreshadow definition: to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure. See examples of FORESHADOW used in a sentence.
to act as a warning or sign of a future event: The recent outbreak of violence was foreshadowed by isolated incidents in the city earlier this year. Synonyms. augur formal. betoken old use. bode formal. portend formal. prefigure formal. presage formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Predicting things and intuition. augury. bellwether.
To foreshadow is to predict something or to give a hint of what is to come. Your kid sister's ability to take apart a toaster and put it back together might foreshadow a successful career in electronics.
The disappointing sales figures foreshadow more redundancies. [VERB noun] The change proposed last month was foreshadowed in the March Budget. [VERB noun] Synonyms: predict, suggest, promise, indicate More Synonyms of foreshadow. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
foreshadow something to be a sign of something that will happen in the future. His sudden death had been foreshadowed by earlier health scares. These measures were foreshadowed in last year’s Health Committee report.
