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Meaning of Prefigure | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pɹiːfɪɡjɚ

Definitions

That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.

Equivalents

العربية تنبأ

Examples

“Quite different is the way in which the tomboy girled the rebel narrative. In recent years, queer theorists have taken a deep interest in the tomboy as a prefigure for the butch dyke.”
“In his influential commentary (the Moralia) Gregory the Great interpreted the protagonist typologically as a prefigure of Christ and of the Church persecuted.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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