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/ |
- 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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