forerunner

• Существительное, обозначающее человека или предмет, который предшествует и указывает на приближение кого-либо или чего-либо другого; предшественник или предвестник.

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.

   Предшественник

   • 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.

   Synonymsantecedentharbingerheraldprecursorpredecessorpreludevanguard

   Antonymsconsequencedescendantfollowerresultsuccessor

2. Sign or omenC1formal

   A sign or warning that something is about to happen.

   Предвестник

   • 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.

   Synonymsforetokenharbingerheraldomenportentprecursorpresagesign