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Noun Concept
Categories: Fiction, Narrative techniques
EN
prefiguration  foreshadowing  adumbration  Foreshadows  guessing ahead
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The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand WordNet 3.0
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The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Wikipedia
Literary technique. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Literary technique Wikidata
A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished. Wiktionary
IS A
prediction
narrative
DERIVATION
bode
prefigure
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration
Wikipedia
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foreshadowing
Wikidata
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foreshadowing
Wiktionary
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prefiguration
Wikipedia Redirections
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Foreshadows, sideshadowing
Wikidata Alias
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guessing ahead

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