foreshadow

[fawr-shad-oh, fohr-]

verb (used with object)

1. to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.

   Political upheavals foreshadowed war.

foreshadow

/ fɔːˈʃædəʊ /

verb

1. (tr) to show, indicate, or suggest in advance; presage

Other Word Forms

• foreshadower noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of foreshadow¹

First recorded in 1570–80; fore- + shadow

Example Sentences

And plus, I like how you did that, kind of foreshadowing this episode with the two shows that you picked.

From Los Angeles Times

To optimize space, he proposed a bold new concept — circular office buildings — unwittingly foreshadowing what would later become his most iconic project.

From Los Angeles Times

Then, in a foreshadowing of the police statement he would make the following day, the boy went back to the account he had been asked to write about the previous week's fight.

From BBC

It remains to be seen whether this latest uptick foreshadows the sort of misery seen last year — when the state was walloped by its worst summertime surge since 2022 — or proves fleeting.

From Los Angeles Times

For a fantasy about the midlife and times of a writer, “And Just Like That” is stubbornly ignorant of metaphors and foreshadowing.

From Salon

Related Words

• augur 
• foretell 
• imply 
• portend 
• predict 
• prefigure 
• presage