Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to foreshadow
Participle: foreshadowed
Gerund: foreshadowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | foreshadow |
| you | foreshadow |
| he;she;it | foreshadows |
| we | foreshadow |
| you | foreshadow |
| they | foreshadow |
Perfect
| I | have foreshadowed |
| you | have foreshadowed |
| he;she;it | has foreshadowed |
| we | have foreshadowed |
| you | have foreshadowed |
| they | have foreshadowed |
Past
| I | foreshadowed |
| you | foreshadowed |
| he;she;it | foreshadowed |
| we | foreshadowed |
| you | foreshadowed |
| they | foreshadowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had foreshadowed |
| you | had foreshadowed |
| he;she;it | had foreshadowed |
| we | had foreshadowed |
| you | had foreshadowed |
| they | had foreshadowed |
Future
| I | will foreshadow |
| you | will foreshadow |
| he;she;it | will foreshadow |
| we | will foreshadow |
| you | will foreshadow |
| they | will foreshadow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have foreshadowed |
| you | will have foreshadowed |
| he;she;it | will have foreshadowed |
| we | will have foreshadowed |
| you | will have foreshadowed |
| they | will have foreshadowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | foreshadow |
| you | foreshadow |
| he;she;it | foreshadow |
| we | foreshadow |
| you | foreshadow |
| they | foreshadow |
Perfect
| I | have foreshadowed |
| you | have foreshadowed |
| he;she;it | have foreshadowed |
| we | have foreshadowed |
| you | have foreshadowed |
| they | have foreshadowed |
Imperfect
| I | foreshadowed |
| you | foreshadowed |
| he;she;it | foreshadowed |
| we | foreshadowed |
| you | foreshadowed |
| they | foreshadowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had foreshadowed |
| you | had foreshadowed |
| he;she;it | had foreshadowed |
| we | had foreshadowed |
| you | had foreshadowed |
| they | had foreshadowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would foreshadow |
| you | would foreshadow |
| he;she;it | would foreshadow |
| we | would foreshadow |
| you | would foreshadow |
| they | would foreshadow |
Perfect
| I | would have foreshadowed |
| you | would have foreshadowed |
| he;she;it | would have foreshadowed |
| we | would have foreshadowed |
| you | would have foreshadowed |
| they | would have foreshadowed |
Imperative
| you | foreshadow |
| we | Let's foreshadow |
| you | foreshadow |
Verbs conjugated like 'foreshadow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'foreshadow'
foreshow,
beshadow,
foreshame,
foreshape,
foreshew,
foreshoot,
foreslow,
outshadow,
overshadow,
antishadow,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The verb is derived from fore- (prefix meaning ‘before with respect to time, earlier’) + shadow (“to shade, cloud, or darken”, verb).
2. The noun is derived from fore- + shadow (“faint and imperfect representation”, noun), probably modelled after the verb which is attested earlier.
Sample Sentences
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[T]he ceremonies commaunded in the lawe, did foreſhadowe Chriſt. [1575, Martin Luther, “The Third Chapter. Verse 17.”, in [Thomas Vautrollier], transl., A Commentarie of M. Doctor Martin Luther upon the Epistle of S. Paule to the Galathians, […], revised edition, [London]: […] Thomas Vautroullier […] for William Norton, published 1588, →OCLC, folio 146, verso:]
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[T]hat the excellency and efficacy of this [Jesus's] death and passion might appear, it was by manifold types foreshadowed, and in divers prophecies foretold. [a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “An Exposition on the Creed”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume VI, London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1831, →OCLC, page 520:]
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"Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead," said [Ebenezer] Scrooge. "But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with what you show me!" [1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 150:]
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A good man's praise foreshadoweth God's, and in His smile is heaven: […] [1842, Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Neglect”, in Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated (Second Series), London: J[ohn] Hatchard and Son, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 133:]
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Even as the cloud foreshadoweth rain, so prayer foreshadoweth the blessing; even as the green blade is the beginning of the harvest, so is prayer the prophecy of the blessing that is about to come. [1857 June 28 (date delivered), Charles H[addon] Spurgeon, “[Sermon] 138: Prayer—The Forerunner of Mercy—Ezek[iel] 36:37: A Sermon Delivered on Sabbath Morning, June 28th, 1857, by the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens”, in Spurgeon’s Sermons […], volume III, [United States]: Classic Christian Library, published 1994–2023?, page 535:]
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I have inveigled Tristan and Iseult / Back into this thy court—to Tristan's death, / And my installing as apparent heir, / As thou foreshadowedst. [1906, Arthur Dillon, King Arthur Pendragon, London: Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 116:]
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Thou foreshadowest for us good hopes even for the amendment for what is being left, now that Thou hast already begun to give assent to our prayers, […] [1939, Philonis Alexandrini [i.e., Philo], “Text and Translation”, in Herbert Box, transl., In Flaccum […], London; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC, page 45:]
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It all sounds to us remarkably nineteenth-century; Petrarch's romantic sentiments foreshadow with uncanny precision those of Dante Gabriel Rossetti or Alfred de Musset. [2007, Edwin Mullins, “Palaces and Petrarch”, in Avignon of the Popes: City of Exiles, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Signal Books, published 2017, →ISBN, page 84:]
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If there is a significant or surprising event in the story, it must be foreshadowed earlier on. When the event that was foreshadowed occurs, that's the payoff. [2013, Heide Goody, Iain Grant, “The Novel Writing Process”, in How to Write a Collaborative Novel, [Birmingham, West Midlands]: Pigeon Park Press, →ISBN, part 2 (Writing Your Collaborative Novel):]
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Another consequence that he had never foreshadowed, was the implication of an innocent man in his supposed murder. [1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “Strong of Purpose”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, 2nd book (Birds of a Feather), page 289:]