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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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