Foreshadow

Verb

To indicate or suggest something that will happen in the future

Pronunciation

For-shad-ow

Synonyms

Hint, Indicate, Suggest, Portend, Signal

Antonyms

Conceal, Hide, Suppress, Obscure, Ignore

Indian Languages

🇮🇳 Hindi → पूर्वाभास देना (pūrvābhās denā)

🇮🇳 Bengali → পূর্বাভাস দেওয়া (pūrbābhās deōā)

🇮🇳 Tamil → முன்னறிவிப்பு (muṉṉaṟivippu)

🇮🇳 Kannada → ಮುನ್ಸೂಚನೆ (munsūchane)

🇮🇳 Telugu → ముందస్తు సూచన (mundastu sūchana)

🇮🇳 Urdu → پیش گوئی کرنا (pesh goyi karna)

European Languages

🇪🇸 Spanish → Presagiar

🇫🇷 French → Préfigurer

🇩🇪 German → Vorahnen

Other Asian Languages

🇨🇳 Chinese → 预示 (yùshì)

🇯🇵 Japanese → 予兆する (yochō suru)

Examples
  1. The dark clouds foreshadowed the storm that was about to hit the town.
  2. In the first chapter, the author foreshadows the tragic events that unfold later in the story.
  3. The character's strange behavior foreshadowed his eventual betrayal of his friends.