forerunner
A runner at the front or aheadA runner at the front or ahead.
» The crocus is a forerunner of spring.
Крокус — предвестник весны.
Значення
значень: 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
Приклади
речень: 4The crocus is a forerunner of spring.
ruКрокус — предвестник весны.
Alchemy was the forerunner of modern chemistry.
ruАлхимия была предшественницей современной химии.
deDie Alchimie war die Vorläuferin der modernen Chemie.
Emma Goldman is considered a forerunner of anarchist feminism.
This street is named after the Cheka, the forerunner of the KGB.
ruЭта улица названа в честь ЧК, предшественницы КГБ.
Переклади
мов: 6За значеннями 2
За значеннями 3
Походження
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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Форми
множина: forerunners| Однина | forerunner |
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| Множина | forerunners |
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Синоніми
синонімів: 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