forerunner

🇺🇸 /ˈfɔːrʌnər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈfɔːrʌnə(r)/
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noun
R

Someone or something that comes before and shows what will come next.

The small shop was the forerunner to today's big shopping malls.

translation

n. Someone or something that comes before and shows what will come next.

Word Forms

Plural forerunners