"foreshadow" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fɔːˈʃadəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foreshadow.wav [UK] Forms: foreshadow [canonical], foreshadows [third-person, singular], foreshadowed [past], foreshadowed [past, participle], foreshadowing [present, participle]
Etymology: fore- + shadow Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|fore|shadow}} fore- + shadow Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If an event is foreshadowed, it is hinted that it will happen.
    Sense id: simple-foreshadow-en-verb-rBAW4E~0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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