"foreshadow" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fɔːˈʃadəʊ/ [UK], /fɔːɹˈʃædoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foreshadow.wav [Southern-England] Forms: foreshadows [present, singular, third-person], foreshadowing [participle, present], foreshadowed [participle, past], foreshadowed [past]
Rhymes: -ædəʊ Etymology: From fore- + shadow. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|shadow}} fore- + shadow Head templates: {{en-verb}} foreshadow (third-person singular simple present foreshadows, present participle foreshadowing, simple past and past participle foreshadowed)
  1. (transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. Tags: transitive Translations (To presage, or suggest something in advance): նախանշել (naxanšel) (Armenian), предвещавам (predveštavam) (Bulgarian), předznamenávat [imperfective] (Czech), předznamenat [perfective] (Czech), naznačovat [imperfective] (Czech), dávat tušit [imperfective] (Czech), beduiden (Dutch), ennakoida (Finnish), enteillä (Finnish), augurer (French), présager (French), presagire (Italian), prevedere (Italian), predire (Italian), pressagiar (Portuguese), предви́деть (predvídetʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предвосхища́ть (predvosxiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), presagiar (Spanish), belirtisi olmak (Turkish), haber vermek (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance."
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          "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
          "word": "beduiden"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
          "word": "ennakoida"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
          "word": "enteillä"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
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          "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
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          "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
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        "(transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance."
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      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "նախանշել"
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      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "предвещавам"
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      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "předznamenávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
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        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "předznamenat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "naznačovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dávat tušit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "beduiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "ennakoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "enteillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "augurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "présager"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "presagire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "prevedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "predire"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "pressagiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predvídetʹ",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предви́деть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predvosxiščátʹ",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предвосхища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "presagiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "belirtisi olmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To presage, or suggest something in advance",
      "word": "haber vermek"
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  "word": "foreshadow"
}

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