forerunning

Variant of forerun

forerun definition

fore·run (-run′)

transitive verb foreran -·ran′, forerun -·run′, forerunning -·run′·ning

  1. to run before; go before; precede
  2. to be the precursor of; be a prediction or sign of (a thing to follow); foreshadow
  3. to forestall

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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