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BNC: 48591 COCA: 31132

— foreshadowing

noun, plural foreshadowings [count, noncount]
BNC: 48591 COCA: 31132

foreshadowing

noun

fore·​shad·​ow·​ing fȯr-ˈsha-də-wiŋ How to pronounce foreshadowing (audio)
plural foreshadowings
: an indication of what is to come
If the history of the world were a novel, the events so strikingly chronicled in the photographs in this book … would seem a foreshadowing of the recent events … Ralph Novak
On this merry Christmas evening, however, no fears or dim foreshadowings of any coming event clouded our hearts or faces. Lucy Maud Montgomery
also : the use of such indications (as in a work of literature)
And, further, Rose is a genuine cliff-hanger, or page-turner, full of foreshadowing … and all the tried and tricky methods of creating suspense. John Simon

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foreshadowing was in 1587
BNC: 48591 COCA: 31132

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