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foreshadowings

foreshadowings is the plural of foreshadowing.

Meaning of foreshadowing

Noun

foreshadowing (usually uncountable, plural foreshadowings)

  1. (usually) Synonym of foreshadow (“a suggestion of something in advance”); specifically (usually uncountable, literature, narratology), a literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
    • The roses blooming before Rose herself bloomed was excellent foreshadowing.
    Synonyms:
    foreshadow

Questions about foreshadowings

What is foreshadowings the plural of?
Foreshadowings is the plural of foreshadowing.

Words near foreshadowings in the dictionary

  1. foreshadower
  2. foreshadowers
  3. foreshadowest
  4. foreshadoweth
  5. foreshadowing
  6. foreshadowings
  7. foreshadows
  8. foreshaft
  9. foreshafts
  10. foreshame
  11. foreshank

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