(noun) A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.
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Kelime: fore·run·ner Söyleniş:'fOr-"r&-n&r, 'for- İşlev:noun 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 synonymsFORERUNNER, 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 .