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How to pronounce foreshadow in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate
Type of indicate, betoken, point, signal, bespeak
Has types foreshow, threaten
Derivation foreshadowing

Examples of foreshadow

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She steps in ahead of CSIRO scientists to foreshadow the world's impending doom.
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Will this day on the trading floor foreshadow what is to come for the rest of us?
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That painful incident seemed to foreshadow what was to become of the 2011 Giants.
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This was to foreshadow the Continental System which was formally enacted in 1806.
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Might Google's search query volume leader foreshadow the loser of the big game?
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The score has two powerful moments that foreshadow the composer's mature style.
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The incident was to foreshadow the Siege of Constantinople later in the campaign.
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Industry experts acknowledge that even minor fires can foreshadow major accidents.
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The fear is that Austria may foreshadow what is to come in other European nations.
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More examples
  • Bode: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
  • (foreshadowing) adumbrative: indistinctly prophetic
  • (foreshadowing) prefiguration: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
  • Foreshadow is a Polish record label specializing in releasing and selling such genres of music as metal, rock, ambient, sludge, industrial, etc.
  • Lexx is a science fantasy television series that follows the adventures of a group of mismatched individuals aboard the organic space craft Lexx. They travel through two universes and encounter planets including a parody of the Earth.
  • Foreshadowing is a literary technique used by many different authors to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later on in the story. It is a literary device in which an author drops hints about the plot and what may come in the near future. ...
  • To presage, or suggest something in advance
  • (Foreshadowing) A device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments. _
  • (Foreshadowing) Providing hints of things to come in a story or play