foreshadow

tr.v., -owed, -ow·ing, -ows.
To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand; presage.

foreshadower fore·shad'ow·er n.

verb

To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate. See foresight, show/hide.

IN BRIEF: To give a hint or suggestion of what will happen in the future.

There were many clues in the book that served to foreshadow the climax of the story.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: indicate by signs
  Synonyms: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - varsle, bebude

Nederlands (Dutch)
de voorbode zijn van, voorbeduiden

Français (French)
v. tr. - annoncer

Deutsch (German)
v. - vorausahnen lassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προοιωνίζομαι, προμηνύω, προδιαγράφω

Italiano (Italian)
adombrare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - prenunciar

Русский (Russian)
предвещать, предопределять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - presagiar, anunciar, simbolizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förebåda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
成为前兆, 预示, 暗示

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 成為前兆, 預示, 暗示

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 암시하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 前触れとなる, 前兆となる, 暗示する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يؤذن ب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היווה אות, בישר‬

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