Synonyms of the word

prefiguration

• n. A vague advance representation or suggestion of something.
• n. Something that prefigures.

adumbration

• n. (obsolete, art) Shading.
• n. A faint sketch; an outline, a brief representation.
• n. (figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation of something.
• n. (heraldry) The shadow or outline of a figure.
• n. (literature) A vague indication of what is to come.

anticipation

• n. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper…
• n. The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
• n. (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
• n. (rhetoric) Prolepsis.
• n. (music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to…
• n. (obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

example

• n. Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
• n. Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
• n. Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated…
• n. A person punished as a warning to others.
• n. A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
• n. An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise…
• v. To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

foreshadowing

• v. present participle of foreshadow.
• n. A literary device whereby an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story.

model

• n. A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also…
• n. A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given…
• n. A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
• n. A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
• n. A style, type, or design.
• n. The structural design of a complex system.
• n. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
• n. (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
• n. (logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called…
• n. A particular style, design, or make of a particular product.
• n. (manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).
• n. (medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
• n. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
• n. (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part…
• adj. Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
• v. (transitive) To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the…
• v. (transitive) To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.
• v. (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
• v. (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
• v. (intransitive) To make a model or models.
• v. (intransitive) To be a model of any kind.

prediction

• n. A statement of what will happen in the future.
• n. A probability estimation based on statistical methods.

prevision

• n. Advance knowledge; foresight.
• n. A prediction.
• v. To predict or envision the future.