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How to pronounce “forerunner”

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Pronunciation guide for forerunner

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of forerunner with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Steven Johnson: How humanity doubled life expectancy in a centurythat were kind of a forerunner of antibiotics.
Definition summary: A runner at the front or ahead.

Example 1 of 8

Steven Johnson: How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century

that were kind of a forerunner of antibiotics.

[Noun]
A runner at the front or ahead.
(sports) 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.
A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
(philately) A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.

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