Definition of prefigure in English:

prefigure

verb priːˈfɪɡəpriˈfɪɡjər

[with object]

1Be an early indication or version of (something)
预示；预兆
the Hussite movement prefigured the Reformation
胡斯运动预示着宗教改革的到来。
Example sentencesExamples
- Yet his opposition to racism won him strong support among northern free blacks, particularly in New England, and in this respect his activities prefigured the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
- Tarkovsky sublimely prefigures space exploration with a five minute sequence of cars winding through the tunnels and overpasses of a modern Russian city.
- But even the most cynical observers could not easily have looked ahead one year and have prefigured a scenario by which conditions in the district that had won this legal victory would actually get worse.
- Yet it contains an important truth - that the style and tone of a government are set early and do prefigure future actions.
- There are several parts of this book that prefigure portions of his later work.
- This moment prefigures the climactic reunion at the church meeting; it includes the same kind of call and response.
- However, some panels clearly prefigure his style in later comics like Sin City.
- It was prefigured by earlier productions in 1911 and 1916.
- Going yet further, because events in the Old Testament are read as foreshadowing parts of the life of Christ, Noah prefigures Christ.
- It's really a dark piece of work, pretty much driven by Mozart's guilt over his father's death; in a lot of ways, I think it prefigures his requiem mass.
- The thrilling flyby of the ring system that Cassini-Huygens will accomplish following Saturn Orbit Insertion prefigures the exciting encounters that are to come in the four-year mission.
- The travelogue prefigures his style - limpid narrative, minute detailing, wide-ranging, seamlessly fitting intertextual references, snatches of reverie, bursts of humour.
- The black church's historic role in providing education, social services, and a safe gathering place prefigured its historic role in the civil rights movement.
Synonyms
foreshadow, be an early indication of, presage, be a presage of, be a harbinger of, herald, suggest, indicate, point to
literary foretoken
2archaic Imagine beforehand.
〈古〉预想，预见
I lay awake, prefiguring the future
Example sentencesExamples
- Mead describes human existence as evolving toward an open future that cannot be prefigured with any finality.

Derivatives

prefiguration

noun priːfɪɡəˈreɪʃ(ə)npriˌfɪɡjəˈreɪʃ(ə)n

The ‘cumulative effect’ Carter speaks of is prefiguration.
Example sentencesExamples
- Cooper's idea was for ‘a powerful beast from a lost world… giving a hint, a prefiguration of the dawn of man.‘
- One could view such Pentecostal sectarian movements as prefigurations of contemporary developments.
- The Christian perception of time was based on prefiguration: all of life was just counting down to the Day of Judgement.

prefigurative

adjective priːˈfɪɡərətɪvpriˈfɪɡjərədɪv

Indeed, the prefigurative approach embraced by Kovel is an essential step forward.
Example sentencesExamples
- All of this material becomes part of the prefigurative, the everyday world from which program creators construct narrative.
- Within this framework, much of the First Testament has functioned in a typological or prefigurative manner, or as a shadow-like version of the truth God revealed in the gospel.

prefigurement

noun

The most enthusiastic Europeans ‘Venusians,’ see the present European Union as the model, indeed the prefigurement, of a world run by ‘soft power.’
Example sentencesExamples
- He does not look for prefigurement of the Gospel even in the Old Testament.

Origin

Late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praefigurare 'represent beforehand', from prae 'before' + figurare 'to form, fashion'.

Definition of prefigure in US English:

prefigure

verbpriˈfɪɡjərprēˈfiɡyər

[with object]

1Be an early indication or version of (something)
预示；预兆
the Hussite movement prefigured the Reformation
胡斯运动预示着宗教改革的到来。
Example sentencesExamples
- Yet it contains an important truth - that the style and tone of a government are set early and do prefigure future actions.
- It was prefigured by earlier productions in 1911 and 1916.
- There are several parts of this book that prefigure portions of his later work.
- The travelogue prefigures his style - limpid narrative, minute detailing, wide-ranging, seamlessly fitting intertextual references, snatches of reverie, bursts of humour.
- But even the most cynical observers could not easily have looked ahead one year and have prefigured a scenario by which conditions in the district that had won this legal victory would actually get worse.
- Tarkovsky sublimely prefigures space exploration with a five minute sequence of cars winding through the tunnels and overpasses of a modern Russian city.
- Yet his opposition to racism won him strong support among northern free blacks, particularly in New England, and in this respect his activities prefigured the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
- The thrilling flyby of the ring system that Cassini-Huygens will accomplish following Saturn Orbit Insertion prefigures the exciting encounters that are to come in the four-year mission.
- The black church's historic role in providing education, social services, and a safe gathering place prefigured its historic role in the civil rights movement.
- Going yet further, because events in the Old Testament are read as foreshadowing parts of the life of Christ, Noah prefigures Christ.
- This moment prefigures the climactic reunion at the church meeting; it includes the same kind of call and response.
- However, some panels clearly prefigure his style in later comics like Sin City.
- It's really a dark piece of work, pretty much driven by Mozart's guilt over his father's death; in a lot of ways, I think it prefigures his requiem mass.
Synonyms
foreshadow, be an early indication of, presage, be a presage of, be a harbinger of, herald, suggest, indicate, point to
2archaic Imagine beforehand.
〈古〉预想，预见
she had prefigured her small pilgrimage as made in solitude
她原来预想自己短程朝圣之行将是孤独之旅。
Example sentencesExamples
- Mead describes human existence as evolving toward an open future that cannot be prefigured with any finality.

Origin

Late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praefigurare ‘represent beforehand’, from prae ‘before’ + figurare ‘to form, fashion’.

单词	prefigure
释义	Definition of prefigure in English: prefigure verb priːˈfɪɡəpriˈfɪɡjər [with object] 1Be an early indication or version of (something) 预示；预兆 the Hussite movement prefigured the Reformation 胡斯运动预示着宗教改革的到来。 Example sentencesExamples Yet his opposition to racism won him strong support among northern free blacks, particularly in New England, and in this respect his activities prefigured the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Tarkovsky sublimely prefigures space exploration with a five minute sequence of cars winding through the tunnels and overpasses of a modern Russian city. But even the most cynical observers could not easily have looked ahead one year and have prefigured a scenario by which conditions in the district that had won this legal victory would actually get worse. Yet it contains an important truth - that the style and tone of a government are set early and do prefigure future actions. There are several parts of this book that prefigure portions of his later work. This moment prefigures the climactic reunion at the church meeting; it includes the same kind of call and response. However, some panels clearly prefigure his style in later comics like Sin City. It was prefigured by earlier productions in 1911 and 1916. Going yet further, because events in the Old Testament are read as foreshadowing parts of the life of Christ, Noah prefigures Christ. It's really a dark piece of work, pretty much driven by Mozart's guilt over his father's death; in a lot of ways, I think it prefigures his requiem mass. The thrilling flyby of the ring system that Cassini-Huygens will accomplish following Saturn Orbit Insertion prefigures the exciting encounters that are to come in the four-year mission. The travelogue prefigures his style - limpid narrative, minute detailing, wide-ranging, seamlessly fitting intertextual references, snatches of reverie, bursts of humour. The black church's historic role in providing education, social services, and a safe gathering place prefigured its historic role in the civil rights movement. Synonyms foreshadow, be an early indication of, presage, be a presage of, be a harbinger of, herald, suggest, indicate, point to literary foretoken 2archaic Imagine beforehand. 〈古〉预想，预见 I lay awake, prefiguring the future Example sentencesExamples Mead describes human existence as evolving toward an open future that cannot be prefigured with any finality. Derivatives prefiguration noun priːfɪɡəˈreɪʃ(ə)npriˌfɪɡjəˈreɪʃ(ə)n The ‘cumulative effect’ Carter speaks of is prefiguration. Example sentencesExamples Cooper's idea was for ‘a powerful beast from a lost world… giving a hint, a prefiguration of the dawn of man.‘ One could view such Pentecostal sectarian movements as prefigurations of contemporary developments. The Christian perception of time was based on prefiguration: all of life was just counting down to the Day of Judgement. prefigurative adjective priːˈfɪɡərətɪvpriˈfɪɡjərədɪv Indeed, the prefigurative approach embraced by Kovel is an essential step forward. Example sentencesExamples All of this material becomes part of the prefigurative, the everyday world from which program creators construct narrative. Within this framework, much of the First Testament has functioned in a typological or prefigurative manner, or as a shadow-like version of the truth God revealed in the gospel. prefigurement noun The most enthusiastic Europeans ‘Venusians,’ see the present European Union as the model, indeed the prefigurement, of a world run by ‘soft power.’ Example sentencesExamples He does not look for prefigurement of the Gospel even in the Old Testament. Origin Late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praefigurare 'represent beforehand', from prae 'before' + figurare 'to form, fashion'. Definition of prefigure in US English: prefigure verbpriˈfɪɡjərprēˈfiɡyər [with object] 1Be an early indication or version of (something) 预示；预兆 the Hussite movement prefigured the Reformation 胡斯运动预示着宗教改革的到来。 Example sentencesExamples Yet it contains an important truth - that the style and tone of a government are set early and do prefigure future actions. It was prefigured by earlier productions in 1911 and 1916. There are several parts of this book that prefigure portions of his later work. The travelogue prefigures his style - limpid narrative, minute detailing, wide-ranging, seamlessly fitting intertextual references, snatches of reverie, bursts of humour. But even the most cynical observers could not easily have looked ahead one year and have prefigured a scenario by which conditions in the district that had won this legal victory would actually get worse. Tarkovsky sublimely prefigures space exploration with a five minute sequence of cars winding through the tunnels and overpasses of a modern Russian city. Yet his opposition to racism won him strong support among northern free blacks, particularly in New England, and in this respect his activities prefigured the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The thrilling flyby of the ring system that Cassini-Huygens will accomplish following Saturn Orbit Insertion prefigures the exciting encounters that are to come in the four-year mission. The black church's historic role in providing education, social services, and a safe gathering place prefigured its historic role in the civil rights movement. Going yet further, because events in the Old Testament are read as foreshadowing parts of the life of Christ, Noah prefigures Christ. This moment prefigures the climactic reunion at the church meeting; it includes the same kind of call and response. However, some panels clearly prefigure his style in later comics like Sin City. It's really a dark piece of work, pretty much driven by Mozart's guilt over his father's death; in a lot of ways, I think it prefigures his requiem mass. Synonyms foreshadow, be an early indication of, presage, be a presage of, be a harbinger of, herald, suggest, indicate, point to 2archaic Imagine beforehand. 〈古〉预想，预见 she had prefigured her small pilgrimage as made in solitude 她原来预想自己短程朝圣之行将是孤独之旅。 Example sentencesExamples Mead describes human existence as evolving toward an open future that cannot be prefigured with any finality. Origin Late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin praefigurare ‘represent beforehand’, from prae ‘before’ + figurare ‘to form, fashion’.
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