foreshadow
/fɔːˈʃadəʊ
/verb [with object]
Be a warning or indication of (a future event): other new measures are foreshadowed in the White Paper...
- It establishes a mood and foreshadows future events.
- What then is the picture of the world in the mind of this child, and how does it foreshadow the future events of the story?
- Two events foreshadow a significant change in the fortunes of marriage and family in Australia.
Synonyms
augur, presage, portend, prognosticate, foreshow, foretell, indicate, suggest, signal, herald, forewarn, warn of, promise, point to, anticipate
literary forebode, foretoken, betoken, harbinger
rare prefigure
Rhymes
- divertingly
- divertissement
- Dives
- divest
- divestiture
- divestment
- divesture
- divey
- divide
- divide and rule (or conquer)
- divided against itself
- divided highway
- divided skirt
- dividend
- dividend cover
- dividend coverage
- dividend warrant
- dividend yield
- divider
- dividing line
- dividing range
- divi-divi
- divination
- divinatory
- divine