English dictionary
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English noun: forerunner | |||
| 1. | forerunner (person) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another | ||
| Synonyms | precursor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | predecessor | ||
| 2. | forerunner (communication) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | ||
| Synonyms | harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indicant, indication | ||
| 3. | forerunner anything that precedes something similar in time | ||
| Samples | Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience. | ||
| Synonyms | antecedent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | temporal relation | ||
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