verb
- to run or go before as a precursor or herald
- to come before in time; to precede
Usage: formal
Usage: formal
Examples
- Dark clouds forerun the approaching storm.
- Economic indicators often forerun major market changes.
- The messenger was sent to forerun the king’s arrival.
- These symptoms may forerun a more serious illness.
- Dawn’s first light foreruns the sunrise.
- Political unrest can forerun revolutionary change.