foreshadow
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oʊ, foʊr- verb (used with object)
to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
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foreshadow (fɔːˈʃædəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to show, indicate, or suggest in advance; presage | |
| fore'shadower | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Therefore, they may foreshadow subsequent price changes for business and consumers.
For, clotted as the poem was, it seemed uncannily to foreshadow his own visionary flight and fall.
In his remarks, he again used the past to foreshadow the future of the nation.
If the species is allowed to vanish, scientists believe it will foreshadow the extinction of a host of other marine species.
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