foreshadowing

[ fawr-shad-oh-ing ]
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noun
  1. an indication of something that will happen in the future, often used as a literary device to hint at or allude to future plot developments: The gothic novel uses foreshadowing to build suspense.

Origin of foreshadowing

1
First recorded in 1845–50; foreshadow + -ing1

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