| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).[Websters]
2. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: forerunning, forerunned, foreruns, forerunner, forerunners, forerunningly and forerunnedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FORERUN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FORERUN
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To advance before; to come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger. Heaviness foreruns the good event.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] to forecast or foreshadow. (references) | 2: [Verb] to run in front. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
