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How to pronounce “forerunner”
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Pronunciation guide for forerunner
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of forerunner with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Darwin's Backyard
diversity and set areas, really a forerunner
- Definition summary
- A runner at the front or ahead.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce forerunner
Darwin's Backyard

diversity and set areas, really a forerunner
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “forerunner”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A runner at the front or ahead.
- (sports) By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
- A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
- A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
- (philately) A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
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