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foreran

foreran is the simple past of forerun.

Meaning of forerun

Verb

forerun (third-person singular simple present foreruns, present participle forerunning, simple past foreran, past participle forerun)

  1. To run in front.
    • Bailey still sat, doubled over his book […] A finger forerunning his eyes along the page.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 22, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 131
  2. To precede; to forecast or foreshadow.
    • These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...

Questions about foreran

What is foreran the simple past of?
Foreran is the simple past of forerun.

Words near foreran in the dictionary

  1. forequarter
  2. forequarters
  3. forequoted
  4. Forer effect
  5. Forer effects
  6. foreran
  7. forerank
  8. foreranks
  9. forereach
  10. forereached
  11. forereaches

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