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prefiguring

prefiguring is the present participle and gerund of prefigure.

Meaning of prefigure

Verb

prefigure (third-person singular simple present prefigures, present participle prefiguring, simple past and past participle prefigured)

  1. (often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
    • Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, all prefigure NRx urban futures.2018 September 29, Roger Burrows, “On Neoreaction”, in The Sociological Review Magazine
  2. To predict or foresee.

See all 3 meanings of prefigure

Noun

prefiguring (plural prefigurings)

  1. (gerund) A specific instance in which something is prefigured
    • This book’s culture clashes are every bit as memorable as its eerie prefigurings of the present financial meltdowns.2009 January 15, Janet Maslin, “A Monetary Horror Story That Looks Like Today’s”, in New York Times

Forms of prefiguring

pluralprefigurings

Questions about prefiguring

What does prefiguring mean?
Prefiguring means a specific instance in which something is prefigured.
What is prefiguring the present participle and gerund of?
Prefiguring is the present participle and gerund of prefigure.
What part of speech is prefiguring?
Prefiguring is a noun.
What is the plural of prefiguring?
The plural of prefiguring is prefigurings.

Words near prefiguring in the dictionary

  1. prefigured
  2. prefigurement
  3. prefigurements
  4. prefigures
  5. prefigureth
  6. prefiguring
  7. prefigurings
  8. prefile
  9. prefiled
  10. prefiles
  11. prefiling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prefiguring (page history and authors); prefigure (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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