prefigured

verb

past tense of prefigure
as in foreshadowed
to give a slight indication of beforehand the first crocus traditionally prefigures the arrival of spring

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Recent Examples of prefigured Other Black families tried to hold on under the new regime but ultimately found Wilmington untenable and moved north, joining a local exodus that prefigured the Great Migration. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026 In July 1962, Froio prefigured her lifelong involvement with the Hamptons by writing a piece for WWD about what was selling at the boutiques in West Hampton, commenting on the merchandise at stores called Le Sorelle (The Sisters) and Treasure Trove. — Lorna Koski, Footwear News, 11 June 2026 Projected on an obelisk, this narrowest of histories prefigured the commemorative distortions to follow. — Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026 That prefigured, in a much smaller and less consequential way, Iran’s own actions in blocking the Strait of Hormuz during the current crisis. — Ioana Emy Matesan, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026 The horror has come now like a storm— what if this night prefigured the night after death— what if all thereafter was an eternal quivering on the edge of an abyss, with everything base and vicious in oneself urging one forward and the baseness and viciousness of the world just ahead. — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026 Chess by telegraph also prefigured chess played through other means of telecommunications. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025 The dynamic prefigured the White House of Bush 43, which the Veep largely staffed, and substantially dominated. — Karl Vick, Time, 4 Nov. 2025 Your 2018 book, The Lies That Bind, seems to have prefigured the backlash against a certain way of talking about identity—as essential or at least fixed—that was prevalent in the 2010s. — Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prefigured
  1. foreshadowed
  2. heralded
  3. predicted
  4. anticipated
  5. implied
Verb
  • Pork Soda, in particular, foreshadowed the weight of nu-metal acts like Korn, who also deployed sagging bass in service of profoundly unsettling narratives.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
  • That blaze foreshadowed a fire that destroyed Arlington Park in 1985.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Definition of foreshadowed
Verb
  • Mid-July heralded two unique events in the history of our court system.
    — Jeffrey Freedman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
  • With its breezy beat and frozen treat inspiration, the song has naturally been heralded as a song of the summer.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of heralded
Verb
  • Gen Z’s homeownership rate is predicted to be about 10% lower than that of their parents.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The alternative—exiting with no deal—meant trading with the EU and other countries on the terms of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which was predicted to cause severe economic disruption.
    — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of predicted
Verb
  • While the researchers anticipated a decline, seeing just how much unique genetic diversity had vanished was remarkable.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Spain is anticipated to welcome millions of foreign visitors during the celestial event.
    — Julia Eskins, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of anticipated
Verb
  • Do not leave the important detail implied because the tone feels pleasant today.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • That implied that a minimum of 103 million barrels in the SPR today are not available for use, according to a July analysis by Rapidan Energy.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of implied

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