1. to run before or ahead of; to precede
Usage: archaic
2. to serve as a harbinger or sign of something to come
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The scout foreruns the main army to survey the terrain.
• Dark clouds forerun the approaching storm.
• His early success foreruns a promising career.
• The messenger foreruns the king’s arrival.
• These symptoms often forerun the onset of illness.