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FORESHADOWING

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• FORESHADOWING (noun)
The noun FORESHADOWING has 1 sense:

1. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

Familiarity information: FORESHADOWING used as a noun is very rare.

• FORESHADOWING (adjective)
The adjective FORESHADOWING has 1 sense:

1. indistinctly prophetic

Familiarity information: FORESHADOWING used as an adjective is very rare.

• FORESHADOWING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

adumbration; foreshadowing; prefiguration

Hypernyms ("foreshadowing" is a kind of...):

anticipation; prediction; prevision (the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future))

• FORESHADOWING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Indistinctly prophetic

Synonyms:

adumbrative; foreshadowing; prefigurative

Similar:

prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)

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Useful links:
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prophetical definition
Pronunciation of prophetic
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