prefigurement

noun

Definition of prefigurementnext
as in foretaste

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  1. foretaste
  2. portent
  3. indication
  4. omen
  5. symptom
  6. harbinger
  7. clue
  8. presage
Noun
  • The Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer’s financial performance could be a foretaste of how U.S. chip export controls to China affect tech companies.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
  • What is on track to happen in South Korea offers a foretaste of what lies in store for the rest of the world.
    Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of foretaste
Noun
  • Its peaceful stillness and silence can become desolation, and its beautiful bleakness a portent of doom.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Valya and her sister Tula (Olivia Williams) have high hopes for their new recruit, who Valya is convinced is part of the prophecy, but Sister Kasha, who’s mentored Ynez under Corrino, has been gripped by disturbing portents of things to come.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
Definition of portent
Noun
  • Getty Images If her smile is any indication, Biles is loving her new bob—and so are fans.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Nov. 2024
  • At the same time, Israel may be less willing to bargain, especially with Trump in the White House, if his first time is any indication.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of indication
Noun
  • Poe’s great, terrifying symbol, an emblem of lost wandering, absent compassion, and frightful omens, evoked Noah and the Ark and real-life apocalypse.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
  • From the outset of its 1819 voyage, its crew faced difficulties—or, to a superstitious 19th-century sailor, bad omens.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of omen
Noun
  • Infants, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems are more vulnerable to complications and should seek prompt care if symptoms worsen.
    Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Initial symptoms, the CDC says, include fever, chills, headaches, a rash with both flat and raised bumps, and sore throat.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of symptom
Noun
  • With the construction of the new golf course comes businesses hungry for a spot on the block, meaning the deli owner might get priced out of his lease by a harbinger of gentrification: a hip smoothie shop with a pun in the name.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Bridging Health Inequities through Digital Transformation In a region where access to quality healthcare remains a persistent challenge, technology emerges as both a ray of hope and a potential harbinger of disparity.
    David Walcott, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of harbinger
Noun
  • The researchers found some clues as to which groups of ancient humans crossed paths during this encounter.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
  • My clue referenced Band of Brothers, True Detective, True Blood and Six Feet Under.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of clue
Noun
  • The New Moon in Virgo, which occurs shortly after Mercury turns direct, presages really big beginnings throughout the zodiac.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Aug. 2024
  • As the ending of the story perhaps presages, Martha is on the cusp of a change in her life.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
Definition of presage
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