forerunner

• Substantiv, das eine Person oder Sache bezeichnet, die einer anderen vorausgeht und deren Kommen ankündigt; Vorbote oder Vorläufer.

A noun referring to a person or thing that precedes and indicates the approach of someone or something else; a predecessor or precursor.

1. PredecessorB2formal

   A person or thing that precedes and indicates the approach of another; a precursor.

   Vorgänger

   • The steam engine was a forerunner of modern trains.
   • This early model is considered a forerunner of the smartphone.
   • The ancient Greeks were forerunners of modern democracy.

   Synonymeantecedentharbingerheraldprecursorpredecessorpreludevanguard

   Antonymeconsequencedescendantfollowerresultsuccessor

2. Sign or omenC1formal

   A sign or warning that something is about to happen.

   Vorbote

   • The economic downturn was a forerunner of the recession.
   • The strange weather patterns were a forerunner of the storm.
   • These protests may be a forerunner of political change.

   Synonymeforetokenharbingerheraldomenportentprecursorpresagesign