forerunner

• Nom désignant une personne ou une chose qui précède et annonce l'arrivée de quelqu'un ou de quelque chose d'autre ; un précurseur ou un avant-coureur.

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.

   Précurseur

   • 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.

   Synonymesantecedentharbingerheraldprecursorpredecessorpreludevanguard

   Antonymesconsequencedescendantfollowerresultsuccessor

2. Sign or omenC1formal

   A sign or warning that something is about to happen.

   signe avant-coureur

   • 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.

   Synonymesforetokenharbingerheraldomenportentprecursorpresagesign