Meaning

2 senses

  1. To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.

  2. To predict or foresee.

More definitions
  • imagine or consider beforehand
  • indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture

From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture”).

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Forms

prefigures, prefiguring, prefigured, prefigured
Base formprefigure · to prefigure
3rd person singularprefigures
Present participleprefiguring
Past simpleprefigured
Past participleprefigured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyprefigure
he, she, itprefigures

Past simpleLesson

all personsprefigured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave prefigured
he, she, ithas prefigured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill prefigure

Synonyms

14 synonyms
announceB1presageportendforereckonforeshadow
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedprefigurationprefigurative
Derivedprefigurableprefigurementunprefigured

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
preferablyB2preferenceB1preferentialprefixB1pregnancypregnantB1
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