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Forerunner
forerunner
(forerunners) If you describe a person or thing as the forerunner of someone or something similar, you mean they existed before them and either influenced their development or were a sign of what was going to happen. ...a machine which, in some respects, was the forerunner of the modern helicopter... = precursor N-COUNT: oft N of n
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noun Date: 13th century 1. one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: as a. a premonitory sign or symptom b. a skier who runs the course before the start of a race 2. predecessor, ancestor Synonyms: ~, precursor, harbinger, herald mean one that goes before or announces the coming of another. ~ is applicable to anything that serves as a sign or presage the blockade was the ~ of war. precursor applies to a person or thing paving the way for the success or accomplishment of another 18th century poets like Burns were precursors of the Romantics. harbinger and herald both apply, chiefly figuratively, to one that proclaims or announces the coming or arrival of a notable event their early victory was the harbinger of a winning season the herald of a new age in medicine. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. предшественник; предтеча 2. предвестник heavy clouds, the forerunners of a storm —- тяжелые тучи, предвещающие бурю 3. вестник, герольд ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a person, organization, machine etc which existed a long time before a similar one that exists now, and which the present one is based upon + of (The suffragettes were forerunners of the modern women's movement.) 2 a sign or warning that something is going to happen ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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