"foreshow" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔːʃəʊ/ [UK], /ˈfɔəʃəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foreshow2.wav Forms: foreshows [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + show. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|show}} fore- + show Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreshow (plural foreshows)
  1. (obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication. Tags: obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /fɔːˈʃəʊ/ [UK], /fɔəˈʃəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foreshow.wav Forms: foreshows [present, singular, third-person], foreshowing [participle, present], foreshowed [past], foreshown [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English foreschewen, from Old English forescēawian (“to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with”), equivalent to fore- + show. Cognate with Dutch voorschouwen, German vorschauen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foreschewen}} Middle English foreschewen, {{inh|en|ang|forescēawian||to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with}} Old English forescēawian (“to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with”), {{prefix|en|fore|show}} fore- + show, {{cog|nl|voorschouwen}} Dutch voorschouwen, {{cog|de|vorschauen}} German vorschauen Head templates: {{en-verb||||foreshown}} foreshow (third-person singular simple present foreshows, present participle foreshowing, simple past foreshowed, past participle foreshown)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict. Tags: archaic, transitive
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  2. (transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-foreshow-en-verb--QIDswRZ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 47 39 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foreshew Derived forms: foreshower
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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