foreshowing
English
Alternative forms
- foreshewing (archaic)
Etymology 1
From foreshow + -ing.
Verb
foreshowing
- present participle of foreshow
Etymology 2
From Middle English forshowyng, forshewyng, foresceuing, foresceawunge, from Old English foresċēawung, equivalent to foreshow + -ing.
Noun
foreshowing (countable and uncountable, plural foreshowings)
- The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
- foreshowings and prophecies