# foreshadow

> English word · Verb · IPA /fɔːˈʃædəʊ/ · frequency rank #60,099

## Definitions
1. To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
2. Of a person: to have an intuition or premonition about (something); to forebode.

## Etymology
The verb is derived from fore- (prefix meaning ‘before with respect to time, earlier’) + shadow (“to shade, cloud, or darken”, verb).
The noun is derived from fore- + shadow (“faint and imperfect representation”, noun), probably modelled after the verb which is attested earlier.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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