1. (

• prefiguration ,
• foreshadowing ,
• adumbration

) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand ;

1. (

• bode ,
• portend ,
• auspicate ,
• prognosticate ,
• omen ,
• presage ,
• betoken ,
• foreshadow ,
• augur ,
• foretell ,
• prefigure ,
• forecast ,
• predict ,

) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; "These signs bode bad news" ;

1. (

• adumbrative ,
• foreshadowing ,
• prefigurative

) indistinctly prophetic ;