pre-echo
Britishnoun
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something that has preceded and anticipated something else; precursor
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a fault in an audio recording in which a sound that is to come is heard too early: on tape sometimes caused by print-through
Example Sentences
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Yet her diatribe — essentially, you’re already fading and can no longer carry a team — does have a nice pre-echo of Roy’s later confession about why he left Chelsea.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023
It is a type of pre-echo of what's to come.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2022
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