Associations to the word «Predecessor»
Noun
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 Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.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
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.