Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to forerun
Participle: forerun
Gerund: forerunning
Indicative
Present
| I | forerun |
| you | forerun |
| he;she;it | foreruns |
| we | forerun |
| you | forerun |
| they | forerun |
Perfect
| I | have forerun |
| you | have forerun |
| he;she;it | has forerun |
| we | have forerun |
| you | have forerun |
| they | have forerun |
Past
| I | foreran |
| you | foreran |
| he;she;it | foreran |
| we | foreran |
| you | foreran |
| they | foreran |
Pluperfect
| I | had forerun |
| you | had forerun |
| he;she;it | had forerun |
| we | had forerun |
| you | had forerun |
| they | had forerun |
Future
| I | will forerun |
| you | will forerun |
| he;she;it | will forerun |
| we | will forerun |
| you | will forerun |
| they | will forerun |
Future Perfect
| I | will have forerun |
| you | will have forerun |
| he;she;it | will have forerun |
| we | will have forerun |
| you | will have forerun |
| they | will have forerun |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | forerun |
| you | forerun |
| he;she;it | forerun |
| we | forerun |
| you | forerun |
| they | forerun |
Perfect
| I | have forerun |
| you | have forerun |
| he;she;it | have forerun |
| we | have forerun |
| you | have forerun |
| they | have forerun |
Imperfect
| I | foreran |
| you | foreran |
| he;she;it | foreran |
| we | foreran |
| you | foreran |
| they | foreran |
Pluperfect
| I | had forerun |
| you | had forerun |
| he;she;it | had forerun |
| we | had forerun |
| you | had forerun |
| they | had forerun |
Conditional
Present
| I | would forerun |
| you | would forerun |
| he;she;it | would forerun |
| we | would forerun |
| you | would forerun |
| they | would forerun |
Perfect
| I | would have forerun |
| you | would have forerun |
| he;she;it | would have forerun |
| we | would have forerun |
| you | would have forerun |
| they | would have forerun |
Imperative
| you | forerun |
| we | Let's forerun |
| you | forerun |
Verbs similar to 'forerun'
forebuy,
forecut,
forerule,
coroun,
forban,
forburn,
forbuy,
forcut,
fordry,
forearm,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From fore- + run. Piecewise cognate of Swedish förrinna. See: Swedish '
förrinna'.
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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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 the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene 4]:]
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And in herself she moan’d, ‘Too late, too late!’ / Till in the cold wind that foreruns the morn, / A blot in heaven, the Raven, flying high, / Croak’d, […] [1859, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC:]
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Discontent foreran the Two Mutinies, and more or less it lurkingly survived them. [1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter V.”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC:]