predecessor

  • 21predecessor — noun 1) the Prime Minister s predecessor Syn: forerunner, precursor, antecedent 2) our Victorian predecessors Syn: ancestor, forefather, forebear, antecedent • Ant: successor …

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  • 22predecessor — ankstesnis statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Eilėje (sąraše) einantis prieš esamą elementą. pavyzdys( iai) ankstesnė skaidrė, ankstesnis langas, ankstesnis puslapis. atitikmenys: angl. predecessor; previous ryšiai: antonimas – tolesnis… …

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  • 23predecessor — In its common acceptation, the word means a person who goes before or precedes another in a given state, position, or office. The word does not necessarily express any relation of legal privity. One person may be a predecessor of another without… …

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  • 24Predecessor culture — is a sociological phrase originating in Alasdair MacIntyre s book, After Virtue , in which he considers society before the Enlightenment s project of rationalizing all things as having an internal consistency and meaning which has been lost to us …

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  • 25predecessor in interest — pre·de·ces·sor in interest / pre də ˌse sər , prē /: a person who previously held the rights or interests currently held by another: a party with whom another is in privity; specif: a party in a previously related civil case who was in a similar… …

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  • 26predecessor — noun Etymology: Middle English predecessour, from Anglo French predecessur, from Late Latin praedecessor, from Latin prae pre + decessor retiring governor, from decedere to depart, retire from office more at decease Date: 14th century 1. one that …

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  • 27predecessor — pre|de|ces|sor Mot Agut Adjectiu variable …

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  • 28predecessor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. forerunner (see priority); ancestor, antecedent, progenitor. See ancestry. Ant., successor. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. antecedent, forerunner, ancestor; see ancestor , forerunner . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 29predecessor — pred|e|ces|sor [ predə,sesər ] noun count ** 1. ) the person who had a job or official position before someone else: Algood seems to have learned nothing from the faults of his predecessors. 2. ) something that has been replaced by another thing …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30predecessor — pred·e·ces·sor || predÉ™sesÉ™r / prɪːdɪsesÉ™ n. one who came before (in a job, etc.); ancestor, forefather …

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