foreshadowing

English Thesaurus

1. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	anticipation, prediction, prevision,
definition	:	the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) (noun.cognition)

2. indistinctly prophetic (adj.all)

similar	:	prophetic, prophetical,
definition	:	foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention (adj.all)

3. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate,
definition	:	indicate by signs (verb.communication)

derivation	:	prefigure,
definition	:	imagine or consider beforehand (verb.creation)

4. indistinctly prophetic (adj.all)

derivation	:	augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate,
definition	:	indicate by signs (verb.communication)

5. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate,
definition	:	indicate by signs (verb.communication)

derivation	:	prefigure,
definition	:	imagine or consider beforehand (verb.creation)

6. indistinctly prophetic (adj.all)

derivation	:	augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate,
definition	:	indicate by signs (verb.communication)