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- pronunciation:
- pri
kuhr
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 r
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pri
kuhr
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
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 |
adjective + (n.)precursor
amyloid, attitudinal, biochemical, catalytic, chemical, cognitive, critical, crucial, direct, evolutionary, immediate, known, literary, mere, necessary, obvious, psychotropic, so-called, steroid, usual
verb + (n.)precursor
contain, function, isolate, reduce, suspect, transform
(n.)precursor
+ verb
convert, transport
noun + (n.)precursor
analyst,
arrangement,
awareness,
brain,
choline,
competence,
creation,
delivery,
emission,
flow,
laundering,
marrow,
missile,
nitrogen,
novel,
odor,
oxide,
ozone,
poem,
pollutant,
polyp,
preparation,
serotonin,
serum,
source,
steroid,
supernova,
ton,
upwind
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| derivation: |
precursive (adj.) |
The word precursor
contains the following parts:
pre-
Latin
prefix
that means before
  Example words:
preamble, prearrange, precaution, precede, preclude, preconceive, precook, precursor, predate, predetermine, predict, predictable, prediction, preface, prefect, prefer, preferable, preference, prefix, preheat, prejudice, premonition, prescriptible, present1, preside, president
- synonyms:
- pro-2, ante-
- antonyms:
- post-
cur1, curr, cor1, corr, curs, cour1, cours
Latin
root
that means to run
Example words:
concourse, concur, concurrent, corral, corridor, corsair, courier, course, courser, currency, current, curriculum, cursive, cursory, discourse, excursion, incur, incursion, intercourse, occur, occurrence, precursor, recourse, recur
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