fore·shad·ow

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• fore|shad´ow|er — fore|shad|ow «fr SHAD oh, fohr », verb, noun. –v.t. to indicate beforehand; be a warning of; prefigure: »Those black clouds foreshadow a storm. Rousseau…invented a system for behavioral control that foreshadowed some modern theories of… …   Useful english dictionary

• fore|shad|ow — «fr SHAD oh, fohr », verb, noun. –v.t. to indicate beforehand; be a warning of; prefigure: »Those black clouds foreshadow a storm. Rousseau…invented a system for behavioral control that foreshadowed some modern theories of psychological… …   Useful english dictionary

• fore|shad|ow|ing — «fr SHAD oh ihng, fohr », noun. a foreshadow: »At Wormwood, each season carries a hundred foreshadowings of the season that is to follow... (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

• foreshadow — fore•shad•ow [[t]fɔrˈʃæd oʊ, foʊr [/t]] v. t. to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure • Etymology: 1570–80 fore•shad′ow•er, n. fore•shad′ow•ing, n …   From formal English to slang

• foreshadow — fore|shad|ow [fo:ˈʃædəu US fo:rˈʃædou] v [T] to show or say that something will happen in the future ▪ The revolution foreshadowed an entirely new social order …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• foreshadow — fore|shad|ow [ fɔr ʃædou ] verb transitive if something foreshadows a future event, it shows or gives a warning that it will happen: The storms and rains of that year foreshadowed a long period of unstable weather conditions …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Foreshadow — Fore*shad ow, v. t. To shadow or typi?y beforehand; to prefigure. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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