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Webster 1913 Edition
Predecessor
Predˊe-ces′sor
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[L.
praedecessor
; prae
before + decessor
one who withdraws from the province he has governed, a retiring officer (with reference to his successor), a predecessor, fr. decedere
: cf. F. prédécesseur
. See Decease
.] One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
A prince who was as watchful as his
predecessor
had been over the interests of the state. Prescott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Predecessor
PREDECES'SOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
predecessor
predecessor
English
Alternative forms
- prædecessor (archaic)
- prædecessour (obsolete, rare)
- predecessour (obsolete)
Noun
predecessor (plural predecessors)
- One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
- A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
- The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex
Synonyms
- forerunner
- foreganger (archaic, rare)
Antonyms
Translations
one who precedes
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model or type which precedes
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Anagrams
References
- ↑ Funk, W. J., Word origins and their romantic stories, New York, Wilfred Funk, Inc.
Portuguese
Noun
predecessor m (plural predecessores, feminine predecessora, feminine plural predecessoras)
- predecessor (something or someone who precedes)
Synonyms
- (one who precedes): antecessor
Adjective
predecessor m (feminine singular predecessora, masculine plural predecessores, feminine plural predecessoras, comparable)
- preceding (occurring before or in front of something else)