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Definition of foreshadow verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

foreshadow

verb
 
/fɔːˈʃædəʊ/
 
/fɔːrˈʃædəʊ/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they foreshadow
 
/fɔːˈʃædəʊ/
 
/fɔːrˈʃædəʊ/
he / she / it foreshadows
 
/fɔːˈʃædəʊz/
 
/fɔːrˈʃædəʊz/
past simple foreshadowed
 
/fɔːˈʃædəʊd/
 
/fɔːrˈʃædəʊd/
past participle foreshadowed
 
/fɔːˈʃædəʊd/
 
/fɔːrˈʃædəʊd/
-ing form foreshadowing
 
/fɔːˈʃædəʊɪŋ/
 
/fɔːrˈʃædəʊɪŋ/
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  1. foreshadow something to be a sign of something that will happen in the future
    • His sudden death had been foreshadowed by earlier health scares.
    • These measures were foreshadowed in last year’s Health Committee report.
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