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Word entry · 10 letters

forerunner

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"Early sign"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPart of speech nounSorted eefnnorrruStarts with FEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (FORERUNNER).

Definitions

  1. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

Word origin

From Middle English forrenner, foreriner. Calque of Latin praecursor (“one who runs before, a forerunner”). Equivalent to fore- + runner and/or forerun + -er.

Used in a sentence

  • Acute infections of the female urethra, which are the forerunners of chronic infections, may be initiated by a number of conditions: Traumatism due to difficult labor, presence of foreign bodies such as calculi, […]
  • Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.

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