forerunner, n.
(forerunners)
freq. cnt. 2
(forerunners)
freq. cnt. 2
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
forerunner harbinger herald precursor predecessor
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
forerunner precursor
anything that precedes something similar in time
<noun.relation>
antecedent forerunner
sample sentences
"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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