foreshadown.
/ˈfɔːˌʃadəʊ/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌʃædoʊ/ figurative. A shadow cast before an object; an indication or imperfect representation of something to come.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun]
foretokenc888
tokeningc888
beaconc950
token971
handsela1200
boding1297
wonder1297
bodec1374
signa1387
foreboding1387
prenostica1393
prognosticc1425
prophetc1430
prognostication?a1439
ostentationa1450
prenostication?a1450
prodigy?a1450
augurationc1450
preparative1460
prenosticate?a1475
prenosticative?a1475
prodige1482
prenosticature1490
tokener1513
weird1513
show token1535
luck1538
prognosticate1541
preamble1548
proffer1548
presagition?c1550
foreshower1555
presage1560
portent1562
ostent1570
presagie1581
omen1582
presagement1586
luck sign1587
augury1588
prognosticon1588
forerunner1589
presager1591
halfner1594
spae1596
abode1598
oss1600
assign1601
augur1603
bodement1613
predictiona1616
prognosticala1618
bespeaker1624
portender1635
pre-indicant1659
foreshadow1834
boder1846
prognosticant1880
sky sign1880
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > casting of a shadow > a shadow > specific
contrary shadow?a1560
right shadow?a1560
noon shadowa1646
foreshadow1834
silhouette1843
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 449/2 Foreshadows..of that Truth and Beginning of Truths, fell mysteriously over my soul.
1852 J. M. Ludlow Master Engineers 132 A truce is often the foreshadow of a peace.
1887 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 5) VIII. 280 The foreshadow of death was then falling on the mind of the Chief.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
foreshadowv.
/(ˌ)fɔːˈʃadəʊ/, /fəˈʃadəʊ/, U.S. /fɔrˈʃædoʊ/, /fərˈʃædoʊ/ transitive. To serve as the shadow thrown before (an object); hence, to represent imperfectly beforehand, prefigure. Also rarely (of a person), to have a foreboding of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [verb (transitive)] > prefigure or foreshadow
portendc1429
foreshadow1577
threatena1616
overbrood1818
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > prefigure [verb (transitive)]
forecomea1300
to say beforec1384
signifyc1384
pretendc1425
prefigurec1429
preostendc1429
prefigurate1530
prefigurate1530
adumbrate1537
promise1556
premonstrate1562
foresignify1565
presignify1570
shadow1574
foreshadow1577
presage1583
fore-run1590
presign1590
fore-read1591
figure1595
type forth, out1596
fore-point1601
foreshow1601
prophesy1608
foretella1616
foretypea1618
forebode1656
harbingera1657
pretypify1658
pretype1659
forespeak1667
to figure out1721
forecast1883
favour1887
precourse1888
precursea1892
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > have a presentiment of [verb (transitive)]
forefeela1586
presage1594
bode1740
foreshadow1865
1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 146 The ceremonies commanded in the law did foreshadow Christ.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 385 Our Saviour's death..was by manifold Types foreshadowed.
1855 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. ii. xxvi. 329 These intuitions are fore-shadowed in the very first steps of an incipient consciousness.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. i. 23 The surrender of Ghent foreshadowed the fate of Flanders.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xiv. 289 Another consequence that he had never foreshadowed, was [etc.].
Derivatives
foreˈshadowed adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [adjective] > concerned with destiny > destined
fatalc1374
portioned1567
weirdy1804
foreshadowed1866
fateful1876
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [adjective] > foreshadowed, prefigured
figurate1563
adumbrated1650
foreshown1844
foreshadowed1866
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xvii. 46 Phrases that class our foreshadowed endurance among those common and ignominious troubles.
foreˈshadowing n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > foreshadowing
adumbration1563
shadinga1807
foreshadowing1847
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun]
foreshowinga1050
foretokeninga1300
prefigurationa1382
premonstrationc1429
prenotationa1550
presignification1578
precursea1591
ostentation1607
precursion1615
prefigurement1708
foreshadowing1847
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xx. 201 The feeling..of which he had had some old foreshadowing in older times..was full-formed now.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 306 Dim foreshadowings of what yet might come.
foreˈshadower n. one who or that which foreshadows.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prefiguration > [noun] > instance of
shadow1382
prophecya1393
foreshow1548
foreshower1555
prefiguration1579
forepointer1587
foresignification1592
premonstrance1594
prodromus1602
premonstration1610
antetype1612
prodromy1647
pre-significator1669
foretellera1716
presignification1835
foretype1848
prefigurementa1859
foreshadower18..
foreboder1876
forego1880
18.. Chambers's Jrnl. (Cent. Dict.) The foreshadowers of evil.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1834
v.1577