foreshow

foreshow
index anticipate (prognosticate), caution, forewarn, herald, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, promise (raise expectations)

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  • Foreshow — Fore*show , v. t. [AS. foresce[ a]wian to foresee, provide; fore + sce[ a]wian to see. See {Show}, v. t.] To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. [1913 Webster] Your looks foreshow You have a gentle …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • foreshow — [fôrshō′] vt. foreshowed, foreshown or foreshowed, foreshowing [ME foreshewen < OE foresceawian] to show or indicate beforehand; foretell; prefigure …   English World dictionary

  • foreshow — /fawr shoh , fohr /, v.t., foreshowed, foreshown, showing. 1. to show beforehand. 2. foretell; foreshadow. [bef. 1000; ME forescewen, OE foresceawian. See FORE , SHOW] * * * …   Universalium

  • foreshow — verb /fɔːˈʃəʊ,fɔəˈʃəʊ/ To show in advance; to foretell, predict …   Wiktionary

  • foreshow — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, auspicate, betoken, bode, forebode, forerun, foreshadow, foretoken, harbinger, have a hunch, have an intimation, herald, omen, portend, predict, preindicate, presage, promise, shadow, shadow forth …   Moby Thesaurus

  • foreshow — v. show beforehand; predict by divine inspiration; prognosticate …   English contemporary dictionary

  • foreshow — verb (past participle foreshown) archaic foretell …   English new terms dictionary

  • foreshow — v. a. Predict, foretell, forebode, prophesy …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • foreshow — fore•show [[t]fɔrˈʃoʊ, foʊr [/t]] v. t. showed, shown, show•ing to foretell; foreshadow • Etymology: bef. 1000 …   From formal English to slang

  • foreshow — /fɔˈʃoʊ/ (say faw shoh) verb (t) (foreshowed, foreshown, foreshowing) to show beforehand; foretell; foreshadow. {Middle English forescewen, Old English forescēawian, from fore fore + scēawian show} …  

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