foreshadowing

foreshadowing

noun

Definition of FORESHADOWING

something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event <the hero's strange encounter with a grave digger is often seen as a foreshadowing of his own death>

Synonyms augury, auspice, boding, foreboding, foreshadowing, portent, prefiguring, presage

Related Words forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor; foretaste, hint, inkling, intimation, suggestion; forewarning; forecast, foretelling, prediction, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy); badge, mark, note, token; divination

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