forerunner
pronunciation
How to pronounce forerunner in British English:
UK [ˈfɔːrʌnə(r)]
How to pronounce forerunner in American English:
US [ˈfɔːrʌnər]
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- Noun:
- anything that precedes something similar in time
- a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
- an indication of the approach of something or someone
Word Origin
- forerunner (n.)
- c. 1300, from fore- + runner. Middle English literal rendition of Latin praecursor, used in reference to John the Baptist as the forerunner of Christ. Old English had foreboda and forerynel.
Example
- 1. Many consider it the forerunner of modern militant islamism .
- 2. This view could be considered a forerunner of nutritional science in china .
- 3. Bulletin board systems were one forerunner to today 's social networks .
- 4. Tcs 's project in coimbatore a sprawling city 300km south-west of bangalore could become the forerunner of a service the consultancy would offer across india .
- 5. The engine would have used loops of jacquard 's punched cards to control a mechanical calculator - the forerunner of today 's methods of computer programming .