Antonyms for precursor
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pri-kur-ser, pree-kur- |
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈkɜr sər, ˈpri kɜr- |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for precursor
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