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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fore·run·ner DATE 13th century 1. one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: as a. a premonitory sign or symptom b. a skier who runs the course before the start of a race 2. predecessor , ancestor Synonyms. forerunner , precursor , harbinger , herald mean one that goes before or announces the coming of another. forerunner is applicable to anything that serves as a sign or presage the blockade was the forerunner of war precursor applies to a person or thing paving the way for the success or accomplishment of another 18th century poets like Burns were precursors of the Romantics harbinger and herald both apply, chiefly figuratively, to one that proclaims or announces the coming or arrival of a notable event their early victory was the harbinger of a winning season the herald of a new age in medicine English Etymology forerunner c.1300, from fore + runner. M.E. rendition of L. præcursor, in reference to John the Baptist as the forerunner of Christ. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 forerunner fore·run·ner / 5fC:rQnE(r) / noun ~ (of sb / sth) a person or thing that came before and influenced sb / sth else that is similar; a sign of what is going to happen 先驱；先行者；预兆；前兆: Country music was undoubtedly one of the forerunners of rock and roll. 乡村音乐无疑是摇滚乐的先导之一。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English forerunner noun ADJ. early, immediate an early forerunner of the modern jet engine | direct Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun 1 one that goes before and in some way announces the coming of another FF1C;a coma is often a forerunner of deathFF1E; Synonyms: harbinger, herald, outrider, precursor Related Words: anticipator; advertiser, announcer; advertisement, announcement, augury, foretoken, omen, portent, presage, prognostic; forewarning, warning; mark, sign, symptom, token; foreshadow 2 one belonging to an early developmental period of something contemporary or fully developed FF1C;the water-driven dynamo that was a forerunner of present-day giant atomic power plantsFF1E; Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, foregoer, precursor, predecessor, prototype Related Words: example, exemplar, model, pattern; pioneer; author, initiator, originator Contrasted Words: consequence, result; effect, event, issue, outgrowth; conclusion, consummation, culmination Antonyms: end product Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged forerunner \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: Middle English forrenner, forerenner, from for-, fore- fore- + renner runner; probably translation of Latin praecursor — more at runner 1. : one going or sent before to give notice of the approach of others : harbinger < blustery March days that are forerunners of spring > as a. : a premonitory sign or symptom < a stuffy feeling that is often the forerunner of a cold > < a sudden alteration in the cost of money is a frequent forerunner of economic decline > b. : one or more skiers who run the course before the start of a downhill skiing race to break trail, establish a typical time for the course, or indicate hazards 2. : predecessor , forebear , ancestor < colonial administrators who … like their forerunners … dedicate their lives to arduous and largely unrecognized service — Times Literary Supplement > < a forerunner of present-day cartoonists > 3. a. : a piece of cloth tied on a ship's log line some fathoms from the outboard end to mark the limit of drift line b. : foreganger 2a |
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