Foreshow

  • 1Foreshow — Fore*show , v. t. [AS. foresce[ a]wian to foresee, provide; fore + sce[ a]wian to see. See {Show}, v. t.] To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. [1913 Webster] Your looks foreshow You have a gentle …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2foreshow — index anticipate (prognosticate), caution, forewarn, herald, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate …

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  • 3foreshow — [fôrshō′] vt. foreshowed, foreshown or foreshowed, foreshowing [ME foreshewen < OE foresceawian] to show or indicate beforehand; foretell; prefigure …

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  • 4foreshow — /fawr shoh , fohr /, v.t., foreshowed, foreshown, showing. 1. to show beforehand. 2. foretell; foreshadow. [bef. 1000; ME forescewen, OE foresceawian. See FORE , SHOW] * * * …

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  • 5foreshow — verb /fɔːˈʃəʊ,fɔəˈʃəʊ/ To show in advance; to foretell, predict …

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  • 6foreshow — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, auspicate, betoken, bode, forebode, forerun, foreshadow, foretoken, harbinger, have a hunch, have an intimation, herald, omen, portend, predict, preindicate, presage, promise, shadow, shadow forth …

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  • 7foreshow — v. show beforehand; predict by divine inspiration; prognosticate …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 8foreshow — verb (past participle foreshown) archaic foretell …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 9foreshow — v. a. Predict, foretell, forebode, prophesy …

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  • 10foreshow — fore•show [[t]fɔrˈʃoʊ, foʊr [/t]] v. t. showed, shown, show•ing to foretell; foreshadow • Etymology: bef. 1000 …

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