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fore|run|ner — «FR RUHN uhr, FOHR », noun. 1. a person or thing that goes before or is sent ahead to show that another or something more is coming; herald: »John the Baptist was the forerunner of Christ. The old tintype was a forerunner of today s modern… … Useful english dictionary
fore|run — «fr RUHN, fohr », transitive verb, ran, run, run|ning. 1. to run in front of; precede. 2. to be a sign or warning of (something to come): »These signs forerun the death or fall of Kings (Shakespeare). SYNONYM( … Useful english dictionary
fore·run·ner — /ˈfoɚˌrʌnɚ/ noun, pl ners [count] 1 : someone or something that comes before another a simple machine that was the forerunner of today s computers 2 : a sign of something that is going to happen I had that strange feeling that s the forerunner of … Useful english dictionary
foreboding — fore bod·ing || fÉ”r bəʊdɪŋ /fÉ”Ë n. act of predicting a future event; sense of future misfortune or doom; sign, omen fore bode || fÉ”r bəʊd /fÉ”Ë v. predict, foretell; sense future misfortune or doom; prophesy … English contemporary dictionary
forerunner — fore|run|ner [ˈfo:ˌrʌnə US ər] n 1.) someone or something that existed before something similar that developed or came later forerunner of ▪ Babbage s engine was later seen as the forerunner of the modern computer. 2.) a sign or warning that… … Dictionary of contemporary English
foretaste — fore|taste [ˈfo:teıst US ˈfo:r ] n be a foretaste of sth to be a sign of something more important, more impressive etc that will happen in the future ▪ Two spectacular wins at the start of the season were a foretaste of things to come … Dictionary of contemporary English
forerunner — fore•run•ner [[t]ˈfɔrˌrʌn ər, ˈfoʊr , fɔrˈrʌn ər, foʊr [/t]] n. 1) predecessor; ancestor; precursor 2) an omen or sign of something to follow; portent 3) a person who appears in advance to announce the coming of someone or something else; herald; … From formal English to slang
foretoken — fore•to•ken n. [[t]ˈfɔrˌtoʊ kən, ˈfoʊr [/t]] v. [[t]fɔrˈtoʊ kən, foʊr [/t]] n. 1) a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning 2) to foreshadow • Etymology: bef. 900 … From formal English to slang
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
