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harbinger
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one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another
- His successful job interview was seen as a harbinger of better times to come.
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forerunner, precursor, harbinger, herald mean one that goes before or announces the coming of another. forerunner is applicable to anything that serves as a sign or presage.
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- the blockade was the forerunner of war
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- 18th century poets like Burns were precursors of the Romantics
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- their early victory was the harbinger of a winning season
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- the herald of a new age in medicine
harbinger
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to give a slight indication of beforehand
- the hope that the housing slump does not harbinger a general economic recession
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