What is "forerunner" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does forerunner mean in English? Meaning of forerunner definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "forerunner" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "forerunner": a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

Noun

  • Meaning: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
  • Synonyms: forerunner precursor
  • Hyponyms: predecessor
  • Hypernyms: individual mortal person somebody someone soul
  • Meaning of "forerunner": something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

    Noun

  • Meaning: something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  • Synonyms: forerunner harbinger herald precursor predecessor
  • Hypernyms: indicant indication
  • Meaning of "forerunner": anything that precedes something similar in time

    Noun

  • Meaning: anything that precedes something similar in time
  • Example: phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
  • Synonyms: antecedent forerunner
  • Hypernyms: temporal relation
  • Synonyms:

    precursor, originator, harbinger, prognostic, author, announcer, advocate, envoy, pioneer, progenitor, prototype, ancestor, forebearer, advertiser, initiator, foregoer, precursor, predecessor, antecedent, prototype, omen, prognostic, announcement, pattern, augury, sign, token, warning, indication, advertisement, premonition, exemplar, model, mark, presage, forewarning, portent, foreshadow, foretoken, antecessor, foregoer,

    Antonyms:

    result, result,

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    forerunner in English: forerunner
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