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Webster 1913 Edition
Precursor
Pre-cur′sor
,Noun.
One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.
Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy
precursors
of all the storms and tempests of the soul. Buckminster.
Syn. – Predecessor; forerunner; harbinger; messenger; omen; sign.
Webster 1828 Edition
Precursor
PRECURS'OR
,Noun.
A cloud in the southwest, in winter, is often the precursor of a snow storm. A hazy atmosphere in the west, at sunset, is often the precursor of a cloudy or of a rainy day.
Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the storms and tempests of the soul.
Definition 2024
precursor
precursor
English
Alternative forms
- præcursor (chiefly obsolete)
Noun
precursor (plural precursors)
- That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events.
- 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
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- (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
Translations
forerunner, predecessor
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chemical compound
Anagrams
Dutch
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors, diminutive precursortje n)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /preˈkɵrsɔr/
Portuguese
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor; forerunner (something that led to the development of another)
Adjective
precursor m (feminine singular precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras, comparable)
- precursory (pertaining to events that will follow)
Spanish
Adjective
precursor m (feminine singular precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora)