foreshadowing

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Verb

1. present participle of foreshadow#English|foreshadow

Noun

foreshadowing (plural foreshadowings)

1. (authorship, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.

   The roses blooming before Rose herself bloomed was excellent foreshadowing.

Translations

• French: augure, présage
• German: Vorahnung

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