Prefigure - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌpriːˈfɪɡjər|  American pronunciation of the word prefigure
Brit.  |priːˈfɪɡə|  British pronunciation of the word prefigure

verb

- imagine or consider beforehand
It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured
- indicate, as with a sign or an omen (syn: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate)

Extra examples

His style of painting prefigured the development of modern art.

...the first crocus traditionally prefigures the arrival of spring...

It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: prefigure
he/she/it: prefigures
present participle: prefiguring
past tense: prefigured
past participle: prefigured
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