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/fôrˈSHadō/,
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foreshadowed, past participle; foreshadows, 3rd person singular present; foreshadowing, present participle; foreshadowed, past tense;
  1. Be a warning or indication of (a future event)
    • - it foreshadowed my preoccupation with jazz
  1. bode: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
  2. (foreshadowing) adumbrative: indistinctly prophetic
  3. (foreshadowing) prefiguration: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
  4. Foreshadow is a Polish record label specializing in releasing and selling such genres of music as metal, rock, ambient, sludge, industrial, etc.
  5. Lexx is a science fantasy television series that follows the adventures of a group of mismatched individuals aboard the organic space craft Lexx. They travel through two universes and encounter planets including a parody of the Earth.
  6. Foreshadowing is a literary technique used by many different authors to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later on in the story. It is a literary device in which an author drops hints about the plot and what may come in the near future. ...
  7. (The Foreshadowing) The Foreshadowing are an Italian gothic metal/doom metalhttp://www.metalitalia.com/interviews/view.php?interview_pk=934http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=108312Ritual n°35 pag. 34Metal Hammer n°6 2008 pag. 96 band with ambient influences.
  8. To presage, or suggest something in advance
  9. (Foreshadowing) A device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments. _
  10. (Foreshadowing) Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
  11. (Foreshadowing) The introduction early in a story of verbal and dramatic hints that suggest what is to come later.
  12. (foreshadowing) an indication that something—usually something unpleasant—is going to happen later in the story
  13. (foreshadowing) when the writer provides clues or hints that suggest or predict future event in a story.
  14. (Foreshadowing) "The presentation of material in a work in such a way that later events are prepared for.  Foreshadowing can result from the establishment of a mood or atmosphere, as in the opening of Conrad's Heart of Darkness or the first act of Hamlet. ...
  15. (Foreshadowing) preparation for later events in the plot; established mood, atmosphere or the introduction of physical objects or facts that suggest later action or events.
  16. (Foreshadowing) A suggestion of what is going to happen.
  17. (Foreshadowing) The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
  18. Foreshadowing uses either action or mood to prepare the reader for something that will happen later in the work of fiction or drama. It is often helpful to think of foreshadowing as clues that a detective might follow when solving a mystery. ...
  19. (Foreshadowing) is the use of hints and suggestions to offer clues to future developments in a work.
  20. (FORESHADOWING) Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will occur later in a narrative. Foreshadowing often provides hints about what will happen next. For instance, a movie director might show a clip in which two parents discuss their son's leukemia. ...
  21. (FORESHADOWING) the technique of introducing into a narrative material that prepares a reader or audience for future events, actions, or revelations. ...
  22. (Foreshadowing) A technique whereby an event or incident is indicated beforehand when the author includes hints or clues about the main events of a story.
  23. (Foreshadowing) Gives a hint of what is to happen later.  Prepares reader for climax.
  24. (Foreshadowing) Omens or hints in a story about what might happen later. These are sometimes used by authors to lend a story a sense of significance or  more of a mythic quality.
  25. (Foreshadowing) The dropping of hints to prepare readers for what is ahead. The purpose is not to give away the ending but to increase excitement and suspense and to keep readers from feeling manipulated. ...