predecessor
11predecessor — pre|de|ces|sor [ˈpri:dısesə US ˈpredısesər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: prédécesseur, from Late Latin, from Latin decedere to go away, leave your job ] 1.) someone who had your job before you started doing it ≠ ↑successor ▪ Kennedy s… …
12predecessor — [14] Etymologically, predecessor is first cousin to decease, but it has never taken on decease’s connotations of ‘dying’. Both go back to Latin dēcēdere ‘go away’ (a compound verb based on cēdere ‘go away’, source of English cede, concede,… …
13predecessor — noun (C) 1 someone who had your job before you started doing it: The President inherited his economic problems from his predecessor. 2 a machine, system etc that existed before another one in a process of development: The Julian calendar was more …
14predecessor */*/ — UK [ˈpriːdɪˌsesə(r)] / US [ˈpredəˌsesər] noun [countable] Word forms predecessor : singular predecessor plural predecessors 1) the person who had a job or official position before someone else Algood seems to have learned nothing from the faults… …
15predecessor — [14] Etymologically, predecessor is first cousin to decease, but it has never taken on decease’s connotations of ‘dying’. Both go back to Latin dēcēdere ‘go away’ (a compound verb based on cēdere ‘go away’, source of English cede, concede,… …
16predecessor — n. 1 a former holder of an office or position with respect to a later holder (my immediate predecessor). 2 an ancestor. 3 a thing to which another has succeeded (the new plan will share the fate of its predecessor). Etymology: ME f. OF… …
17predecessor — /pred euh ses euhr, pred euh ses euhr/ or, esp. Brit., /pree deuh ses euhr/, n. 1. a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc. 2. something succeeded or replaced by something else: The new monument in the park is more beautiful… …
18predecessor — noun /ˈpriːdɪsɛsɚ,ˈprɛdəsɛsɚ,ˈpriːdəsɛsɚ/ a) One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. Steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and… …
19predecessor — Synonyms and related words: ancestor, ancestors, announcer, antecedent, antecedents, ascendants, avant garde, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, elders, explorer, fathers, forebear, forebears, forefather, forefathers, foregoer, forerunner,… …
20predecessor — noun 1) the senator s predecessor Syn: forerunner, precursor, antecedent Ant: successor 2) our Victorian predecessors Syn: ancestor, forefather, forebear, antecedent …
