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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

  1. noun In grammar, the word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to.
  2. noun A thing or event that came before something else and helped lead to it.
  3. adjective Coming before something in time or order.

forerunner — full definition

  1. noun A runner at the front or ahead.
  2. 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.
  3. noun A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
  4. noun A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.

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