forerunner

🇬🇧 UK/fɒ:'rʌnә/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A person or thing that comes before and indicates or leads to something that follows; a precursor or harbinger.

先驱,前兆,先行者

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
forerunnerother
=forerunner

Common Collocations

  • 1.forerunner of前兆
  • 2.forerunner to先驱

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The printing press was a forerunner of modern mass media and information dissemination technologies.

  • 2.

    Early computer scientists were forerunners to today's artificial intelligence and machine learning experts.

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