pre-echo

/ priːˈɛkəʊ /

noun

1. something that has preceded and anticipated something else; precursor

2. 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

But there’s no doubt that the “draft riots” of July 1863, an unstable and ugly combination of class conflict and race war, marked a decisive turning point in the use of federal power to quell urban disorder — and offered a pre-echo of many subsequent events, up to and including Jan. 6.

From Salon

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

In a distant pre-echo of the Biden presidency, Carter also endorsed the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates to "choke the economy and squeeze out inflation," at great risk to his chances of re-election.

From Salon

It is a type of pre-echo of what's to come.

From Salon

The painter Matt Connors, who founded Pre-Echo Press in 2016 to publish books by artists he admires, said that after learning of Relph’s project he would sometimes text him photos of extraterrestrial-looking construction renderings.

From New York Times