foreshow means to show in advance; to foretell, predict. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
foreshow is pronounced /fɔːˈʃəʊ/.
Why “foreshow” is a great word
FORESHOW — [Verb] To show or indicate something in advance; to foretell or foreshadow. From Middle English foreschewen, from Old English forescēawian ("to foreshow, foresee; preordain, appoint"), equivalent to the prefix fore- ("before") + show. Unlike foreshadow, which implies a subtle, symbolic hint, or predict, which is a declarative statement, to foreshow is the direct presentation of tangible evidence or an omen. It is the barometer’s needle falling before the storm, the unnatural calm of the sea before the typhoon, or the first specific pain that announces a known disease—the quiet conviction that the future is not guessed, but glimpsed.
Etymology
From Middle English foreschewen, from Old English forescēawian (“to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with”), equivalent to fore- + show. Cognate with Dutch voorschouwen, German vorschauen.
verb
- To show in advance; to foretell, predict.“Amid his senses' giddy wheel, / Did he not desperate impulse feel, / Headlong to plunge himself below, / And meet the worst his fears foreshow?— […]”
- To foreshadow or prefigure.“But if the rays break forth out of the middle, or dispersed, and its exterior body, or the out parts of it, be covered with clouds, it foreshows great tempests both of wind and rain.”
noun
- A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.“The fore-shew of their inclination whilest they are young is so uncertaine […] that it is very hard, (yea for the wisest) to ground any certaine judgement […].”