Значение

значений: 5
  1. A runner at the front or ahead.

    Vornewegläufer, Frontläufer

  2. By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.

  3. A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.

    Vorbote, Vorzeichen, Vorläufer

    предше́ственникpredšéstvennik, предве́стникpredvéstnik

  4. A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.

    Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.

    Vorfahre, Vorgänger

    предтечаpredteča

  5. A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.

Ещё определения
  • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  • a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
  • anything that precedes something similar in time

Примеры

предложений: 4
  1. The crocus is a forerunner of spring.

    Крокус — предвестник весны.

  2. Alchemy was the forerunner of modern chemistry.

    Алхимия была предшественницей современной химии.

    deDie Alchimie war die Vorläuferin der modernen Chemie.

  3. This street is named after the Cheka, the forerunner of the KGB.

    Эта улица названа в честь ЧК, предшественницы КГБ.

  4. Emma Goldman is considered a forerunner of anarchist feminism.

Переводы

языков: 6
Русский
По значениям 2
precursor, harbinger:
forebear, ancestor, predecessor:
Deutsch
По значениям 3
runner at the front or ahead:
precursor, harbinger:
forebear, ancestor, predecessor:

Происхождение

From Middle English forrenner, foreriner. Calque of Latin praecursor (“one who runs before

From Middle English forrenner, foreriner. Calque of Latin praecursor (“one who runs before, a forerunner”). Equivalent to fore- + runner and/or forerun + -er.

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Формы

мн. число: forerunners
Ед. числоforerunner
Мн. числоforerunners

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 5
Близкие по смыслу

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 1
Производныеforerunnership

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