English to French Meaning of forerunner - précurseur

Forerunner :

précurseur

noun

ambassadeur, pionnier, précurseur, avant-garde, présage

Forerunner :: précurseurForerunners :: précurseurs

← Foreplay

foresee →

Share This

Definitions of forerunner in English

Noun(1) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another(2) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone(3) anything that precedes something similar in time

Examples of forerunner in English

(1) the icebox was a forerunner of today's refrigerator(2) In reality he moved into offices in London's Victoria Street and set up the forerunner of today's MI5.(3) This situation has almost been reached in Denmark, and the trend may be a forerunner of a development that has begun or will begin in other European countries.(4) Is this a forerunner of what to expect when the Germany Beck development of up to 700 homes is complete?(5) Our aim was to bring these resources together and the work we did made the partnership the forerunner to today's Local Strategic Partnership, which attracts millions of pounds of investment into the area.(6) Charlotte writes: ├ö├ç├┐The heath is in full bloom now - I have waited and watched for its purple signal as the forerunner of your coming├ö├ç├û.(7) Along with this, Farr developed a classification of diseases, the forerunner of today's international classifications administered by the World Health Organisation.(8) Instead it was added at the cooking stage through the addition of substances like garum, which was made from salted anchovies, the forerunner of today's ketchup.(9) Mr Freeman said some people were opposed to anything they saw as a forerunner of development.(10) The initiative was perhaps the forerunner of today's hospitality boxes, although with a slight difference.(11) The Buddha said, ├ö├ç├┐Just as the dawn is the forerunner and the first indication of the rising sun, so is right view the forerunner and the first indication of wholesome states.├ö├ç├û(12) The forerunner of today's thrill-filled white knuckle rides has been putting people in York in a spin.(13) But before the storm sinks its teeth into the sky overhead, it sends a forerunner , a messenger to let everyone know it is on its way - the wind.(14) This was an early forerunner of the programmes developed some twenty years later for mainstreaming disabled children.(15) the ice safe was a forerunner of today's refrigerator(16) The suburb is more of an ad hoc social development, a forerunner of the gated community, built around the principle of exclusion.

(1) foreplay ::

foreplay

Synonyms

Noun

1. predecessor ::

prédécesseur

2. prelude ::

prélude

3. precursor ::

précurseur

4. antecedent ::

antécédent

Different Forms

forerunner, forerunners

English to French Dictionary: forerunner

Meaning and definitions of forerunner, translation in French language for forerunner with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of forerunner in French and in English language.

Tags for the entry 'forerunner'

What forerunner means in French, forerunner meaning in French, forerunner definition, examples and pronunciation of forerunner in French language.