forerun (verb)

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• forerun — verb (foreruns, forerunning, foreran; past participle forerun) literary go before or indicate the coming of …   English new terms dictionary

• forerun — verb a) to run in front b) to forecast or foreshadow …   Wiktionary

• forerun — /fɔˈrʌn/ (say faw run) verb (t) (foreran, forerun, forerunning) 1. to run in front of; precede; be the precursor of. 2. to anticipate or forestall. 3. Obsolete to outrun or outstrip …  

• forerun — transitive verb (foreran; run; running) Date: before 12th century 1. to run before 2. to come before as a token of something to follow 3. forestall, anticipate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• forerun — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate. See FORESIGHT, SHOW …   English dictionary for students

• precede — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. go before, come first, be ahead of, take precedence over, preface, introduce, usher in, ring in, herald, forerun, antecede, head, lead, run ahead, go ahead, scout, light the way, go in advance, come before, antedate, come… …   English dictionary for students

• precurse — 1. verb forerun, precede 2. noun a prediction, a prognostication …   Wiktionary

• antecede — I verb antedate, forerun, go before, have precedence, precede, predate, prevene associated concepts: ancestor, antecedent creditor, antecedent debt, antecedent encumbrance, antecedent fraud, antecedent promise II index precede …   Law dictionary

• herald — I verb advertise, air, announce, apprise, augur, betoken, blazon, circulate, communicate, cry, disseminate, enlighten, enunciate, forecast, forerun, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, gazette, give tidings, harbinger, inform, introduce, make known,… …   Law dictionary

• precede — I verb antecede, antecedere, antedate, antegredi, anteire, anticipate, be ahead of, come before, come first, forerun, go ahead of, go before, go in advance, go in front of, harbinger, herald, introduce, lead, lead the way, pave the way, pioneer,… …   Law dictionary

• adumbrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. foreshadow (See prediction). II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To give an indication of something in advance: augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure,… …   English dictionary for students