Associations to the word «Predecessor»
Noun
- Claudius
- Praising
- Nokia
- Taft
- Continuation
- Dynasty
- Thinner
- Aphrodite
- Aristotle
- Tang
- Comparison
- Populist
- Airway
- Monoplane
- Pretension
- Governorship
- Presidency
- Fuselage
- Streetcar
- Inauguration
- Synod
- Byzantine
- Ruler
- Xii
- Pretender
- Consecration
- Sedan
- Posterity
- Incarnation
- Namesake
- Clement
- Liberal
- Automaton
- Pliny
- Gamer
- Sales
- Ibm
- Macintosh
- Lyndon
- Intel
- Rus
- Evangelical
- Traction
- Thunderbird
- Audi
- Headlight
- Node
- Succession
- Constantine
- Superhero
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
PREDECESSOR, noun. 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.
PREDECESSOR, noun. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
PREDECESSOR, noun. (mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex
Dictionary definition
PREDECESSOR, noun. One who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office).
PREDECESSOR, noun. Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.