Synonyms for forerun


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawr-ruhn, fohr-
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈrʌn, foʊr-

Top 10 synonyms for forerun Other synonyms for the word forerun

Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for forerun

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