forerun
verb
fore·run fȯr-ˈrən 
foreran fȯr-ˈran ; forerun; forerunning
; forerun; forerunning transitive verb
1
: to run before
2
: to come before as a token of something to follow
3
: forestall, anticipate
Synonyms
- adumbrate
- foreshadow
- harbinger
- herald
- prefigure
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Example Sentences
the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
foreran
verb
as in harbingered
to give a slight indication of beforehand the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- harbingered
- implied
- foreshadowed
- predicted
- heralded
- anticipated
- adumbrated
- prefigured
- suggested
- forboded
- forecast
- foretold
- foresaw
- prophesied
- prognosticated
- foreknew
- foreboded
- forecasted
- boded
- intimated
- alluded
- portended
- presaged
- hinted
- promised
- forewarned
- augured
- connoted
- insinuated