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Antonyms for forerun
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fawr-ruhn, fohr- |
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈrʌn, foʊr- |
Definition of forerun
- As in precede : verb go ahead of
- As in presage : verb predict or have a feeling
- As in rank : verb be worthwhile; have supremacy
- As in predate : verb precede
- As in announce : verb declare arrival
- As in antedate : verb occur or cause to occur earlier
- As in herald : verb bring message
- The comet was the talk, especially in the evening, of the world, as it was taken to forerun disasters.
- Extract from : « The Lincoln Story Book » by Henry L. Williams
- He called to his mind the various portents and prophecies which had forerun their present danger.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 » by Various
- It cannot forerun the limitations of its day, nor anticipate the conquests and common possessions of the future.
- Extract from : « Spenser » by R. W. Church
- True that the overthrow of Constantinople had forerun this event by nearly half a century.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 » by Various
- But the reflexes have a machine-like fatality, and conscious aim does not forerun their execution.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 » by Various
- The President's secret had been well kept, and for once rumor had not forerun execution.
- Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II » by John T. Morse
- He only wondered what strange experience this blindfold journey was to forerun.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Foss River Ranch » by Ridgwell Cullum
- I saw evidences of war-paint and a recent war-dance that forerun an Indian attack.
- Extract from : « Vanguards of the Plains » by Margaret McCarter
Synonyms for forerun
- accelerate
- adumbrate
- advertise
- anachronize
- announce
- antecede
- antedate
- anticipate
- augur
- backdate
- ballyhoo
- be ahead of
- be classed
- be worth
- belong
- betoken
- bode
- broadcast
- come first
- count among
- date back
- declare
- divine
- feel
- forebode
- forecast
- forerun
- foresee
- foreshadow
- foreshow
- foretell
- foretoken
- forewarn
- go ahead of
- go before
- go in advance
- guide
- harbinger
- have a head start
- have the advantage
- head
- head up
- herald
- in space
- indicate
- introduce
- intuit
- lead
- light the way
- misdate
- omen
- outrank
- pace
- pave the way
- pioneer
- point to
- portend
- precede
- predate
- predict
- preexist
- preface
- preindicate
- presage
- proclaim
- prognosticate
- promise
- prophesy
- publicize
- publish
- rank
- ring in
- run ahead
- scout
- sense
- show
- signal
- signify
- soothsay
- stand
- take precedence
- take the lead
- time
- tout
- trumpet
- usher
- usher in
- vaticinate
- warn
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