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forerunner; harbinger; herald (of sth.) ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "herald"){kind=small} |
Vorbote {m} (von etw.) | |
| forerunners; harbingers; heralds | Vorboten {pl} | |
| the forerunners of spring; the harbingers of spring; the herald of spring | die Vorboten des Frühlings | |
| forerunner; foreworker (sugar production) | Vordrehschleuder {f} (Zuckerherstellung) [agr.] | |
| forerunners; foreworkers | Vordrehschleudern {pl} | |
| antecedent; forerunner; precursor; predecessor (of a later development) (thing) |
Vorläufer {m} (einer späteren Entwicklung) (Sache) | |
| antecedents; forerunners; precursors; predecessors | Vorläufer {pl} | |
| Charles Babbage's calculating engines were the antecedents of the computer. | Charles Babbages Rechenmaschinen waren die Vorläufer des Computers. |