Synonyms: prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration
Definition: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
Similar words: anticipation, prediction, prevision
Definition: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Synonyms: prefiguration
Definition: an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
Definition: a representative form or pattern
Usage: I profited from his example