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
forerunning
verb
as in adumbrating
to give a slight indication of beforehand the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- adumbrating
- foreshadowing
- heralding
- prefiguring
- predicting
- anticipating
- implying
- harbingering
- foreseeing
- forecasting
- presaging
- prophesying
- foretelling
- foreknowing
- prognosticating
- portending
- foreboding
- promising
- suggesting
- intimating
- alluding
- forewarning
- auguring
- boding
- hinting
- forboding
- connoting
- insinuating