Usually means: Anticipated or foreshadowed in advance.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 13 dictionaries that define the word prefigured:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. prefigured: Merriam-Webster
  2. prefigured: Collins English Dictionary
  3. prefigured: Vocabulary.com
  4. prefigured: Wordnik
  5. prefigured: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. prefigured: Wiktionary
  7. Prefigured, prefigured: Dictionary.com
  8. Prefigured: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Prefigured: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. prefigured: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. prefigured: FreeDictionary.org
  12. prefigured: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. prefigured: Legal dictionary

(Note: See prefigure as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (prefigure)

verb:  (often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
verb:  To predict or foresee.
noun:  That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.
▸ Also see prefigure


Opposite:

Types:

Words similar to prefigured

Usage examples for prefigured

Idioms related to prefigured

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing prefigured

Words that often appear near prefigured

Rhymes of prefigured

Invented words related to prefigured

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux