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1. (n.) forerunner
predecessor; ancestor; precursor.
2. forerunner
an omen or sign of something to follow; portent.
3. forerunner
a person who appears in advance to announce the coming of someone or something else; herald; harbinger.
Etymology: (1300–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) precursor, forerunner
a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
2. (noun) harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
3. (noun) antecedent, forerunner
anything that precedes something similar in time
"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) forerunner
a messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever
2. (noun) forerunner
a predecessor; an ancestor
3. (noun) forerunner
a piece of rag terminating the log line
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Sense: a person or thing which is a sign of what is to follow
Penicillin was the forerunner of modern antibiotics.
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 Afrikaans: voorloper |
 Arabic: السابِق، المُمَهِّد، المُ |
 Bulgarian: предвестник |
 Brazilian: precursor |
 Czech: předzvěst |
 German: der Vorläufer |
 Danish: forløber; forgænger |
 Greek: πρόδρομος |
 Spanish: precursor |
 Estonian: eelkäija |
 Farsi: نمونه اولیه؛ پیشگام |
 Finnish: edelläkävijä |
 French: précurseur |
 Hebrew: מְבַשֵׂר |
 Hindi: अग्रदूत |
 Croatian: preteča, prethodnik |
 Hungarian: (elő)hírnök |
 Indonesian: pelopor |
 Icelandic: fyrirrennari |
 Italian: precursore |
 Japanese: 前ぶれ |
 Korean: 선구자 |
 Lithuanian: pirmtakas |
 Latvian: priekšgājējs; priekštecis |
 Malay: pelopor |
 Dutch: voorloper |
 Norwegian: forløper, forgjenger |
 Polish: pionier, zwiastun |
 Persian: نمونه اولیه؛ پیشگام |
 Pashto: استاځى، پيغام وړونكى: سلف |
 Portuguese: precursor |
 Romanian: precursor |
 Russian: предшественник |
 Slovak: predchodca |
 Slovenian: predhodnik |
 Serbian: preteča |
 Swedish: föregångare |
 Thai: ผู้บุกเบิก |
 Turkish: öncü |
 Taiwanese: 先驅者，預兆 |
 Ukrainian: попередник, предтеча |
 Urdu: پیش رو |
 Vietnamese: người/vật báo hiệu |
 Chinese: 先驱者，预兆 |
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