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FORERUN

Definitions: FORERUN

FORERUN

Transitive verb

1. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.

2. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "FORERUN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Synonyms within Context: FORERUN

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Precession

Verb: go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance; precede, forerun; usher in, introduce, herald, head, take the lead; lead the way, lead the dance; get the start, have the start; steal a march; get before, get ahead, get in front of; outstrip; take precedence; (first in order).

Priority

Verb: precede, come before; forerun; go before; (lead); preexist; dawn; presage; herald, usher in.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: FORERUN

English words defined with "FORERUN": Foreran. (references)

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Sounds Captioned with "FORERUN".

PlayCaption
Brewing; brew; foreboding; forebode; clock; chime; augur; forecast; forerun; foreshow; foretell; harbinger; herald; indicate; portend; predict; presage; signal; signify; betoken; bode; divine;; foresee; foreshadow; foretell; foretoken; forewarn; indicate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: FORERUN

Language Translations for "FORERUN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

paraprij (forego, forestall, forgo, pre exist, precede), paralajmëroj (admonish, bespeak, bode, caution, exhort, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foretoken, forewarn, harbinger, hint, notice, presage, previse, threaten, tip off, tip the wink, warn). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سبق (antecedence, forego, outdistance, outrun, outstrip, pace, pre empt, precede, precession). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

предшествувам (antecede, antedate, forego, precede, preface), предвещавам (adumbrate, augur, betoken, bode, foreshadow, portend, presage, prognosticate, shadow, spell, threaten). (various references)

   

French

  

précéder (forego). (various references)

   

German

  

vorlauf (fast forward, heat, leader, offset, preliminary round, qualifying heat). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

előtte megy (foreran, to forerun), előtte jár (foreran, to forerun). (various references)

   

Italian

  

correre innanzi. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orerunfay

   

Romanian

  

fi precursorul, prevesti (augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, divine, forebode, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, harbinger, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, promise, threaten), premerge (come before, precede). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: FORERUN

Derivations

Words beginning with "FORERUN": forerunner, forerunners, forerunning, foreruns. (additional references)


Misspellings

"FORERUN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fecerunt, Ferrarone, foredune, Fornebu, forren, fureur, Roferon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: FORERUN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-f-n-o-r-r-u"

-1 letter: furore.

-2 letters: frore, furor, rerun, rouen.

-3 letters: euro, fern, fore, four, froe, roue, ruer, rune.

-4 letters: eon, ern, err, fen, fer, feu, foe, fon, for, fou, fro, fun, fur, nor, one, ore, our, ref, roe, rue, run, urn.

-5 letters: ef, en, er, ne, no, nu, oe, of, on, or, re, un.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-n-o-r-r-u"
 

+1 letter: foreruns, frondeur.

 

+2 letters: frondeurs, uniformer.

 

+3 letters: foreground, forerunner, fourteener, nonferrous, profounder, undercroft, underproof, unreformed.

 

+4 letters: counterfire, ferruginous, foregrounds, forerunners, forerunning, fourdrinier, fourteeners, frontrunner, mournfuller, neurofibril, overruffing, perfunctory, reconfigure, undercrofts, unperformed.

 

+5 letters: counterfired, counterfires, counterforce, counteroffer, foregrounded, fourdriniers, frontrunners, neurofibrils, neurofibroma, reconfigured, reconfigures, unreinforced, unremorseful.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FORERUN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 4F 52 45 52 55 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-.    ---    .-.    .    .-.    ..-    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001111 01010010 01000101 01010010 01010101 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#79 &#82 &#69 &#82 &#85 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 004F 0052 0045 0052 0055 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40495239525548

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Sounds
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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