foreshadow

Verb
US[fawr-shad-oh]/fɔrˈʃædoʊ/3 syllables
Synonyms: bodeportendauspicateprognosticateomenpresagebetokenaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredict

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Verb (1)

  1. indicate, as with a sign or an omen“These signs bode bad news”Synonyms: bodeportendauspicateprognosticateomenpresagebetokenaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredictMore general bespeak, betokenMore specific threaten, foreshow

Related words omen noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Fore·shad′ow transitive verb

To shadow or typify beforehand; to prefigure. John Dryden

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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