"foreshadowing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foreshadowings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} foreshadowing (usually uncountable, plural foreshadowings)
  1. (literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Literature, Narratology Related terms: backshadowing, sideshadowing Translations (literary device): presagi [masculine] (Catalan), enteily (Finnish), ennakointi (Finnish), augure [masculine] (French), présage [masculine] (French), მინიშნება (minišneba) (Georgian), Vorahnung [feminine] (German), tuar [masculine] (Irish), 伏線 (fukusen) (alt: ふくせん) (Japanese), 복선 (bokseon) (alt: 伏線) (Korean), пре́дзнак (prédznak) [masculine] (Macedonian), augúrio [masculine] (Portuguese), presságio [masculine] (Portuguese), önceden ima etme (Turkish), rhagfynegi [masculine] (Welsh), rhagarwyddo [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-foreshadowing-en-noun-cZS90XzW Disambiguation of Narratology: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Topics: literature, media, publishing

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} foreshadowing
  1. present participle and gerund of foreshadow Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: foreshadow
    Sense id: en-foreshadowing-en-verb-KzPkw1Bh

Inflected forms

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