fore·shad·ow 
/foɚˈʃædoʊ/ verb
fore·shad·ows; fore·shad·owed; fore·shad·ow·ing /foɚˈʃædoʊ/ verb [+ obj] : to give a suggestion of (something that has not yet happened)
▪ Her early interest in airplanes foreshadowed her later career as a pilot. ▪ The hero's predicament is foreshadowed in the first chapter.
▪ Her early interest in airplanes foreshadowed her later career as a pilot. ▪ The hero's predicament is foreshadowed in the first chapter.
— foreshadowing noun, plural foreshadowings [count, noncount]
▪ The first chapter contains foreshadowings of what will happen later.
▪ The first chapter contains foreshadowings of what will happen later.
