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pre·cur·sor
 precursor
- pronunciation:
- pri
kuhr
s
 r
[or]
pri
kuhr
sr
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noun |
| definition 1: |
one that comes before and proclaims the arrival of someone or something; indication that a specific event will soon take place.
The first frost is a precursor of winter.- synonyms:
- forerunner, harbinger, herald, sign
- similar words:
- ancestor, foretoken, indicator
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| definition 2: |
an earlier or previous person, group, event, or form of something; predecessor.
The biplane was a precursor of the modern jetliner.His precursor left him much work to do.- synonyms:
- ancestor, antecedent, forerunner, predecessor
- similar words:
- archetype, forefather, progenitor
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| related words: |
archetype, father, forerunner |
| derivation: |
precursive (adj.) |
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