foreshadowing

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Synonym of foreshadow (“a suggestion of something in advance”); specifically , a literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.

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2. verb present participle and gerund of foreshadow

Similar words

adumbrative prophetical prophetic prefiguration prefigurative omen amorce backshadowing foreshow pre-echo

Often followed by

of the a his in and that is what

Word family

foreshadowings