foregoer

noun

Definition of foregoernext
1
as in precursor
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another a nearly November snowfall that appears to be a disconcerting foregoer of the harsh winter facing us

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Relevance
2
as in forerunner
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed not many people still have manual typewriters, the foregoers to word processors

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foregoer
  1. precursor
  2. forerunner
  3. sign
  4. ancestor
  5. angel
  6. prototype
  7. symptom
  8. herald
Noun
  • Poor sleep is associated with insulin resistance (cells do not respond to insulin to take in blood glucose for energy, causing blood sugar levels to rise), which may be the precursor to prediabetes (having blood sugar levels that are not quite high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes).
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The last time the Democratic Party faced this scale of electoral defeat was also the precursor to its greatest twenty-first-century success.
    Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of precursor
Noun
  • These projects breathed new life into the U.S. conservation movement, the forerunner of today’s climate activism.
    Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2020
  • Embrace change, become a forerunner and refuse to let emotional interference deter productivity.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of forerunner
Noun
  • The barrier repair skin-care genre is showing no signs of slowing down.
    Victoria Moorhouse, Allure, 12 Dec. 2024
  • But one key category that has been pushing prices up showed welcome signs of cooling in November: Rental prices ticked up just 0.2%, the smallest increase since July 2021.
    COMPILED BYDEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of sign
Noun
  • In another ironic twist, Kayce sells it for the ridiculously low price of $1.25 an acre, the original price his ancestors paid.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
  • This is all mirrored by wordless sequences depicting the Simpson family’s prehistoric ancestors, rendered in an entirely different animation style that calls to mind cave etchings, as well as primordial Simpsons designs.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of ancestor
Noun
  • Divine intervention comes in the form of Dudley (Cary Grant), an angel who helps transform the community for the better — though things take a turn when Dudley falls in love with the titular bishop's wife (Loretta Young).
    Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Here, musical legends feel like flesh-and-blood figures, especially as Dylan navigates Seeger as the old-guard angel on one shoulder and Bob’s pen pal Johnny Cash (Boyd Holbrook) as the rebel devil on the other.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of angel
Noun
  • The technology is based on the early prototypes of Jeanologia’s H2Zero technology.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Today’s prototype quantum computers are too error-prone to do anything useful.
    Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of prototype
Noun
  • Strokes are considered medical emergencies and treatment should be instituted within 3 hours of onset of symptoms for the best outcome, according to the veterinarian website.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Now, those employees are being monitored for symptoms.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of symptom
Noun
  • The part comes with all sorts of details that serve as the heralds of its legitimacy, like the fact that Jolie spent months in training to sing opera, her real voice blended with Callas’s famous one whenever her character performs.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
  • An 1867 painting lent by the Autry Museum of the American West shows an arriving train as a herald of progress, with deer fleeing its oncoming beam.
    Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of herald
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