Synonyms for precursor

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pri-kur-ser, pree-kur-

Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈkɜr sər, ˈpri kɜr-

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Définition of precursor

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French precurseur and directly from Latin praecursor "forerunner," agent noun from past participle stem of praecurrere, from prae "before" (see pre-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Related: Precursory.

noun something that indicates outcome or event beforehand
noun something that precedes another

Example sentences :

That particular morning seemed to me to be the precursor of a new era.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

The Washington, however, was only the precursor of greater vessels.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various

A lively caricature, the precursor of Dickens' "American Notes."
Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites

Has he been rightly called a precursor of the modern spirit?
Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

Rarity, as geology tells us, is the precursor to extinction.
Extract from : « On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection » by Charles Darwin

Power must be precursor to an abstraction from power, or weakness.
Extract from : « The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper » by Martin Farquhar Tupper

Jaime looked upon him as a precursor who cleared away his doubts.
Extract from : « The Dead Command » by Vicente Blasco Ibez

A formidable Moorish weapon, the precursor of the boarding-pike.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

Precursor of the Reformation To liberal thought attuned the nation.
Extract from : « A Humorous History of England » by C. Harrison

In physics, as in morals, a storm is frequently the precursor of a dead calm.
Extract from : « Blown to Bits » by R.M. Ballantyne

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