Forerunner
Forerunner noun - One that announces or indicates the later arrival of another.
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Synonyms for Forerunner
Prequel and forerunner are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prequel" instead a noun "Forerunner".
Prequel
Forerunner and prequel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forerunner" instead a noun "Prequel".
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Related pairs
- pioneer and forerunner
- pioneer and prequel
- leader and forerunner
- leader and prequel
- vanguard and forerunner
- vanguard and prequel
- trailblazer and forerunner
- trailblazer and prequel
- avant-garde and forerunner
- avant-garde and prequel
- originator and forerunner
- originator and prequel
- architect and forerunner
- architect and prequel
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- Another example is the The Forerunner Saga trilogy, a distant prequel that takes place during the time of the Forerunners.
Source: Prequel -
The prequel setting draws from all corners of the Halo expanded universe, including more Spartans, preceding Arbiters, other human colonies, and even a Forerunner shield world.
Source: Video Game / Halo Wars - The tie-in novel Halo: The Fall of Reach, however, reveals that Cortana had secretly used untested coordinates from a Forerunner artifact instead, which is also implied in the prequel game Halo: Reach.
Source: Blind Jump
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