1. Noun
A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.
2. Noun
A predecessor; an ancestor.
3. Noun
A piece of rag terminating the log line.
4. Noun
anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
5. Noun
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
Vocabulary classified under Business and finance
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