(~s)
If you describe an event as a ~ of a future situation, you mean that it suggests to you what that future situation will be like.
It was a ~ of things to come...
= indication
N-COUNT: usu a N of n
(~s)
If you describe an event as a ~ of a future situation, you mean that it suggests to you what that future situation will be like.
It was a ~ of things to come...
= indication
N-COUNT: usu a N of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012