föregångare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- antecedent noun In grammar, the word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to.
- forerunner noun A runner at the front or ahead.
- precursor noun Something or someone that comes before and leads to, or signals, what follows.
- predecessor noun A person who held a job, role, or position before the current person.
Senses
föregångare is used for these senses in English:
- antecedent Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- precursor That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
antecedent — full definition
- noun In grammar, the word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to.
- noun A thing or event that came before something else and helped lead to it.
- adjective Coming before something in time or order.
forerunner — full definition
- noun A runner at the front or ahead.
- noun 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.
- noun A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
- noun A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.