prefigure

• Verbo que significa representar, sugerir o ser un indicio temprano de algo que sucederá en el futuro; anticipar o presagiar.

A verb used to indicate the act of suggesting, representing, or being an early sign of something that will happen in the future.

1. Imagine or consider beforehandC1formal

   To imagine, picture, or conceive of something before it happens.

   Imaginar o considerar de antemano

   • The artist prefigured the final painting in his sketches.
   • She prefigured the difficulties of the journey in her mind.
   • The novel prefigures a dystopian future.

   Sinónimosanticipateenvisageenvisionforeseeimaginepicturepreconceive

   Antónimosdisregardforgetignoreoverlook

2. Indicate by signsC1formal

   To be a sign or warning of something that will happen in the future.

   presagiar, prefigurar

   • The early frost prefigured a harsh winter.
   • His sudden silence prefigured the bad news.
   • The economic downturn prefigured the company's collapse.

   Sinónimosaugurbetokenforeshadowforetokenheraldomenportendpresageprognosticate