forerunner
A runner at the front or aheadA runner at the front or ahead.
» The crocus is a forerunner of spring.
Крокус — предвестник весны.
Значение
значений: 5A runner at the front or ahead.
Vornewegläufer, Frontläufer
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.
A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
Vorbote, Vorzeichen, Vorläufer
предше́ственникpredšéstvennik, предве́стникpredvéstnik
A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.
Vorfahre, Vorgänger
предтечаpredteča
A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
- 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: 4The crocus is a forerunner of spring.
Крокус — предвестник весны.
Alchemy was the forerunner of modern chemistry.
Алхимия была предшественницей современной химии.
deDie Alchimie war die Vorläuferin der modernen Chemie.
This street is named after the Cheka, the forerunner of the KGB.
Эта улица названа в честь ЧК, предшественницы КГБ.
Emma Goldman is considered a forerunner of anarchist feminism.
Переводы
языков: 6По значениям 2
По значениям 3
Происхождение
From Middle English forrenner, foreriner. Calque of Latin praecursor (“one who runs beforeFrom 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. число | forerunner |
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| Мн. число | forerunners |
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Синонимы
синонимов: 5- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone:harbingerpredecessorheraldprecursor
- a person who goes before or announces the coming of another:precursor
- anything that precedes something similar in time:antecedent