foreshowing

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noun

The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication

“foreshowings and prophecies”

OriginEnglish foreshow ← Middle English fore- ← Old English fore- →
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Meanings

foreshowing1

verb

alternative archaic foreshewing

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of foreshow

foreshowing2

nounforeshowing (countable and uncountable, plural foreshowings)

plural foreshowings · alternative archaic foreshewing

  1. countableuncountableThe act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication

    foreshowings and prophecies

Origin

foreshowing · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥h₂éy
  4. Proto-Germanic*furai
  5. Proto-Germanic*furai-
  6. Proto-West Germanic*forē-
  7. Old Englishfore-
  8. Middle Englishfore-
  9. Englishfore-
  10. Englishshow
  11. Englishforeshow
  12. Englishforeshowing

From foreshow + -ing.

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foreshowing · noun

  1. Old Englishforesċēawung
  2. Middle Englishforshowyng
  3. Englishforeshowing

From Middle English forshowyng, forshewyng, foresceuing, foresceawunge, from Old English foresċēawung, equivalent to foreshow + -ing.

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APA

foreshowing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreshowing

MLA

“foreshowing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreshowing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreshowing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreshowing.

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