prefigure

🇺🇸 /ˌpriːˈfɪɡjər/ 🇬🇧 /ˌpriːˈfɪɡə(r)/
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verb
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to indicate or suggest something that is going to happen or be developed

The movie's opening scene prefigured the exciting events to come.

translation

v. to indicate or suggest something that is going to happen or be developed

Word Forms

3rd Present prefigures
Past prefigured
Perfect prefigured
Progressive prefiguring

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