Foreshadowing and Presaging

Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing adjective - Indistinctly prophetic.
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Synonyms for Foreshadowing

Presaging and foreshadowing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Presaging" instead an adjective "Foreshadowing".

Nearby Words: foreshadow, foreshadowed

Presaging

Presaging noun - A declaration that something will happen in the future.
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Synonyms for Presaging

Foreshadowing and presaging are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foreshadowing" instead an adjective "Presaging".

Nearby Words: presage, presaged

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  • Comic Book / Scott Pilgrim Foreshadowing: The free comic (released after Volume 2) features posters animated by ninja magic, presaging Roxie's appearance in Volume 4.
  • Film / Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Foreshadowing: The phone booth console near the beginning of Ghost Protocol doesn't self-destruct until Ethan applies some Percussive Maintenance, presaging the technical problems plaguing the IMF team throughout the movie.
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