foreshadowing
Meanings
Plural: foreshadowings
Noun
- the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
- A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
Verb
- indicate by signs
- present participle and gerund of foreshadow
Adjective Satellite
- indistinctly prophetic
Synonyms
adumbration, adumbrative, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefiguration, prefigurative, prefigure, presage, prognosticate
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