foreshadow

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/fɔːrˈʃædəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/fɔrˈʃædoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fôr shad′ō, fōr-)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
fore•shad•ow /fɔrˈʃædoʊ/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object]
  1. to show or indicate beforehand:work that foreshadowed later inventions.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
fore•shad•ow  (fôr shad′ō, fōr-),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to show or indicate beforehand;
    prefigure:Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
  • fore- + shadow 1570–80
fore•shad′ow•er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
foreshadow / fɔːˈʃædəʊ/
  1. (transitive) to show, indicate, or suggest in advance; presage
'foreshadow' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adumbrate - augur - forebode - forecast - foreshow - foretoken - portend - prefigure - presage - pretypify - prognosticate - type
Collocations: foreshadowed the [death, success] of, foreshadowed the [end, demise] of, was foreshadowed in chapter [3], more...

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