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noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of foreshow
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
From Middle English forshowyng, forshewyng, foresceuing, foresceawunge, from Old English foresċēawung, equivalent to foreshow + -ing.
Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh1-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Old English scēawian Middle English schewen English show English foreshow English -ing English foreshowing From foreshow + -ing.
