Forerunner - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfɔːrʌnər|
Brit.
|ˈfɔːrʌnə|
noun
- a person who goes before or announces the coming of another (syn: precursor)
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone (syn: harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor)
- anything that precedes something similar in time (syn: antecedent)
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone (syn: harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor)
- anything that precedes something similar in time (syn: antecedent)
Extra examples
I had that strange feeling that's the forerunner of a cold.
Overcast mornings are the sure forerunners of steady rain.
The League of Nations was the forerunner to the United Nations.
Euparkeria was probably a direct forerunner of dinosaurs.
Babbage's engine was the forerunner of the modern computer.
Word forms
noun
singular: forerunner
plural: forerunners
singular: forerunner
plural: forerunners
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