prefigured
Signaled in advance
Prefigured means foreshadowed or represented in advance.
Something prefigures a later development when it anticipates or suggests what's to come: The student protests prefigured the broader social upheaval of the following decade.
In religious contexts, Old Testament events are said to have prefigured New Testament ones.
The past tense of prefigure.
Indicated in advance
- presagedIndicated something future
- prefacedIntroduced beforehand
- adumbratedOutlined in faint strokes
- portendedForeshadowed future events
heralded · foretold · anticipated · previsioned · intimated · hinted · suggested · signaled
Predicted through divine insight
- divinedPerceived through supernatural insight
- oracularProphetically ambiguous
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- revelatoryExposing hidden truths
messianic · apocalyptic · sibylline · clairvoyant · mystical · scriptural · predestined · preordained
Formed beforehand, without basis
- presetConfigured before use
- prearrangedOrganized ahead of time
- preestablishedSet up beforehand
- predestinedDecided in advance
foreordained · preordained · preconditioned · preprogrammed · fixed · settled · decided · planned
foreshadowed
Indicated in advance
- presagedIndicated something future
- prefacedIntroduced beforehand
- adumbratedOutlined in faint strokes
portended · heralded · foretold · anticipated · previsioned · intimated · hinted · suggested · signaled · indicated
prophesied
Predicted through divine insight
- divinedPerceived through supernatural insight
- oracularProphetically ambiguous
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
revelatory · messianic · apocalyptic · sibylline · clairvoyant · mystical · scriptural · predestined · preordained · providential
preconceived
Formed beforehand, without basis
- presetConfigured before use
- prearrangedOrganized ahead of time
- preestablishedSet up beforehand
predestined · foreordained · preordained · preconditioned · preprogrammed · fixed · settled · decided · planned · designed
prefiguredfulfilled
Completely satisfied, realized
followed · disclosed · resulted · manifested · realized
prefiguredunforeseen
Not predicted or expected
unanticipated · unexpected · unheralded · unpredicted · blindsided
prefiguredconcealed
Made invisible deliberately
hidden · obscured · unannounced · unrevealed · withheld