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Definition of foreshadow verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

foreshadow

verb

NAmE//fɔrˈʃædoʊ//

foreshadow something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they foreshadow

he / she / it foreshadows

past simple foreshadowed

-ing form foreshadowing

to be a sign of something that will happen in the future His sudden death had been foreshadowed by earlier health scares.

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