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prefigured

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for prefigured.

Editorial note

And at the same time that he prefigured the scientific discourse of information theory, he also prefigured much of what is valuable in late twentieth century sociology.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

To predict or foresee.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of prefigured gathered in one view.

verb

To predict or foresee.

verb

(often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for prefigured.

verb

To predict or foresee.

verb

(often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.

Example sentences

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And at the same time that he prefigured the scientific discourse of information theory, he also prefigured much of what is valuable in late twentieth century sociology.

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Knight’s innuendo prefigured a purported report on Ukraine by Yale professor Timothy Snyder in the February 20 issue.

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NET era as attribute hooks) method macros that, in a way, prefigured attributes in both Java and C#.

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Also growing up fast is Danny Dunn: Invisible Boy, which prefigured the use of very small drones for nefarious purposes.

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A great book that prefigured the kinds of interactions people are now having with ChatGPT.

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If you could have all those resources prefigured out by the time I left, I'd be much happier.

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They were prefigured on the plantation, developed first as technologies to control enslaved people.

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The shift from IT work to home building perfectly prefigured the 00s economy.

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When technology became our new religion, it prefigured the establishment of new churches.

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The fact that so little of the findings of modern science is prefigured in Scripture to my mind casts further doubt on its divine inspiration.

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(The tradition of the Church would say they prefigured the true and perfect sacrifice of the mass.

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They may have prefigured the brutalists in this way.

Quote examples

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The complex numbers prefigured other "hypercomplex" number systems by several centuries.

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In a way this is prefigured by the whole idea of "literary fiction"; the article never explains what this is, but it seems to mean something like "fiction that intends to be something other than pure entertainment".

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In an April '21 Interview he more or less prefigured his death: "After he [Jim Steinman] died, his nurse, Mary Beth, left me a message saying how much he loved me.

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Critics should have their voice heard because there always new questions about how to proceed, or whether past choices were well made, but that conflict was prefigured for decades and is not an “everyone else’s war”.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use prefigured in a sentence?

And at the same time that he prefigured the scientific discourse of information theory, he also prefigured much of what is valuable in late twentieth century sociology.

What does prefigured mean?

To predict or foresee.

What part of speech is prefigured?

prefigured is commonly used as verb.