Forerun

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To run before.
  • v. To precede as an indication of what is to follow; foreshadow.
  • v. To prevent from arriving or occurring; forestall.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to run in front
  • v. to forecast or foreshadow
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
  • v. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To run before; have the start of.
  • To come before; precede as an earnest of something to follow; announce or betoken in advance; usher in.
  • If I should write to you of all things which promiscuously forerune our ruine, I should over charge my weake head.
  • Cushman, quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 73.
  • Word Usage
    "His expenses forerun his means; he incurs debts on the faith of what his magic pen is to produce, and then, under the pressure of his debts, sacrifices its productions for prices far below their value."
    Verb Form
    foreran    forerunning    foreruns   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    precede    announce    precourse    precurse    anticipate    foreshadow    introduce    prelude