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prefiguring

UK
/priːˈfɪgə.rɪŋ/
US
/priˈfɪɡɚɪŋ/

Translations

prefiguringnoun
prefigurings
pl
The prefiguring of the future events was evident in the novel.
Предвосхищение будущих событий было очевидно в романе.
Synonyms
presaging
anticipation
foreshadowing
harbinger
omen
portent
foretelling
heralding
prefiguringgerund / present participle
UK
/priːˈfɪɡjʊrɪŋ/
US
/priˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe something that foreshadows a later development
prefigureverb

prefiguring

Gerund

prefigured
Past Simple
prefigured
Past Participle
prefiguring
Gerund
UK
/priːˈfɪgə/
US
/priˈfɪɡɚ/
The artist's early works prefigure his later masterpieces.
Ранние работы художника предвосхищают его поздние шедевры.
Synonyms
foretell
indicate
signify
anticipate
predict
foreshadow

Definitions

prefiguringnoun
An indication or suggestion of something that will happen in the future.
The early sketches served as a prefiguring of the artist's later masterpieces.
The act or process of foreshadowing or representing something in advance.
Their theory involves a prefiguring of later scientific discoveries.
prefiguringgerund / present participle
Foreshadowing or indicative of something that will happen in the future.
The novel's opening chapter is full of prefiguring symbols.
prefigureverb
To suggest, indicate, or represent beforehand; to foreshadow.
The early sketches prefigure the final design of the building.
To imagine or picture something in advance; to envision beforehand.
Before writing the novel, the author prefigured the main scenes in her mind.
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