Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreshow

/fɔːˈʃəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fore-show
IPA: /fɔːˈʃəʊ/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To show in advance; to foretell, predict.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To foreshadow or prefigure.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

noun

A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Amid his senses' giddy wheel, / Did he not desperate impulse feel, / Headlong to plunge himself below, / And meet the worst his fears foreshow?— […]"
"What could the soothsayer foreshow that we knew not before? The future is written in the past; and if we prophesy, it is with eyes that look behind."
"But if the rays break forth out of the middle, or dispersed, and its exterior body, or the out parts of it, be covered with clouds, it foreshows great tempests both of wind and rain."
"The fore-shew of their inclination whilest they are young is so uncertaine […] that it is very hard, (yea for the wisest) to ground any certaine judgement […]."

Etymology

From Middle English foreschewen, from Old English forescēawian (“to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with”), equivalent to fore- + show. Cognate with Dutch voorschouwen, German vorschauen.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore
Root: foreschewen, forescēawian

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /fɔːˈʃəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

foreshows (present, singular) foreshowing (participle, present) foreshowed (past) foreshown (participle, past) foreshew (alternative) foreshows (plural)

Derived Forms

foreshower

Rhymes With

to so do no so-so know go show though as though oh ago

Questions

How do you pronounce foreshow?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɔːˈʃəʊ/.
What does foreshow mean?: To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
Where does foreshow come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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