Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.

synoniemen: forerunner, herald, precursor, predecessor.

Roget 64: precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor; forerunner, vancourier^†, avant-coureur [Fr.], pioneer, prodrome^†, prodromos^†, prodromus^†, outrider; leader, bellwether; herald, harbinger; foreboding; dawn; avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare^†, forelooper^†, foreloper^†, stalking-horse, voorlooper [Afrik.], voortrekker [Afrik.].    prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos [Fr.], protasis^†, proemium^†, prolusion^†, proem, prolepsis [Gramm.], prolegomena, prefix, introduction; heading, frontispiece, groundwork; preparation etc. 673; overture, exordium [Lat.], symphony; premises.    prefigurement etc. 511; omen etc. 512.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 512: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice; sign etc. (indication) 550; harbinger etc. (precursor) 64; yule candle^†.    bird of ill omen; signs of the times; gathering clouds; warning etc. 668.    prefigurement etc. 511.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: voorloper, voorteken, voorbode
Pools: zwiastun, prognostyk, zapowiedź

Foreshadow or presage.

synoniemen: announce, annunciate, foretell, herald.

Nederlands: aankondigen