"foreshowing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: foreshowings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forshowyng, forshewyng, foresceuing, foresceawunge, from Old English foresċēawung, equivalent to foreshow + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forshowyng}} Middle English forshowyng, {{m|enm|forshewyng}} forshewyng, {{m|enm|foresceuing}} foresceuing, {{m|enm|foresceawunge}} foresceawunge, {{inh|en|ang|foresċēawung}} Old English foresċēawung, {{af|en|foreshow|-ing}} foreshow + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foreshowing (countable and uncountable, plural foreshowings)
  1. The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-foreshowing-en-noun-LnA2XcFC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foreshewing [archaic]
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Etymology: From foreshow + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|foreshow|-ing}} foreshow + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} foreshowing
  1. present participle and gerund of foreshow Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: foreshow
    Sense id: en-foreshowing-en-verb-z3iIROXt Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foreshewing [archaic]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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