forerun

verb

fȯr-ˈrən How to pronounce forerun (audio)
Definition of forerunnext
as in to herald
to give a slight indication of beforehand the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forerun
  1. herald
  2. foreshadow
  3. predict
  4. imply
  5. anticipate
  6. adumbrate
  7. prefigure
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  • The Return was heralded as one of the best shows of the year, and certain journals like Cahiers du cinéma and Sight & Sound considered it among the best films of 2017 despite its length.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The two men were heralded by Democrats as patriots for speaking out and derided by Trump as insubordinate.
    Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of herald
Verb
  • Daniel Spoerri’s Crap Chancellery showcases two piles of poop on pedestals that foreshadow today’s emoji fascination.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Audiences may never have a definitive answer, but Chase has made many indications that Tony never made it out of that diner. Were clues about the finale foreshadowed in The Sopranos?
    Skyler Trepel, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of foreshadow
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  • Zillow predicts home prices in the top five hottest markets will grow between 2.6 percent and 4.2 percent in 2025.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Flutter predicts that the total U.S. market will grow to $63 billion by 2030, up more than 50% from its previous forecast in 2022.
    Robert Olsen, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of predict
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  • Does this imply that the labor market will remain solid throughout 2025?
    Harry Holzer, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The incident implied that lawmakers were complicit in the development and deployment of Lumon’s technology, which is controversial among the general public.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of imply
Verb
  • Meteorologists anticipate strong Santa Ana winds to persist for another week, elevating the risk of more wildfires and the rapid growth of active blazes.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • At that point, analysts anticipate that the fund would only be enough to pay roughly 80 percent of what beneficiaries are owed.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of anticipate
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  • In between, works by contemporaries complicate superficial ideas about his meteoric genius, and small, delicate drawings teem with an abundance of ideas — paintings never made, thoughts adumbrated then abandoned.
    Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Nothing in America’s tepid 19th-century contributions to European classical music adumbrated it; nor did the homely and sometimes hokey popular songs of Stephen Foster.
    Heather Mac Donald, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019
Definition of adumbrate
Verb
  • It is also prefigured (another Biblical device) by Pharaoh’s order, in Exodus, to kill all male babies born to Hebrew mothers.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The salon that resulted prefigured many of the ideas that would come to be identified with Transcendentalism, influencing not just a circle of famed contemporary thinkers but also an entire movement.
    New York Times, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of prefigure
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