Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A predecessor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A predecessor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A predecessor; one who came before.

Etymologies

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Latin praecessor.

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Examples

  • Buying an Apple TV today amounts to a bet on its progress - that other networks will offer shows for rent, that it will connect to other media sites and that Apple won't neglect this like its now-abandoned precessor.

    Apple TV and Roku's XD-S: 2 doors to Web-sourced shows, but different ideals Rob Pegoraro 2010

  • If the Russian government as precessor of the Sovjet Union wants to take back estonia lativa, Ukrain etc, that is right, since there is no right to secession? fostert says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Straw Manned 2010

  • Buying an Apple TV today amounts to a bet on its progress - that other networks will offer shows for rent, that it will connect to other media sites and that Apple won't neglect this like its now-abandoned precessor.

    Apple TV and Roku's XD-S: 2 doors to Web-sourced shows, but different ideals Post 2010

  • Buying an Apple TV today amounts to a bet on its progress - that other networks will offer shows for rent, that it will connect to other media sites and that Apple won't neglect this like its now-abandoned precessor.

    Apple TV and Roku's XD-S: 2 doors to Web-sourced shows, but different ideals Post 2010

  • If the Russian government as precessor of the Sovjet Union wants to take back estonia lativa, Ukrain etc, that is right, since there is no right to secession?

    Matthew Yglesias » Straw Manned 2010

  • Buying an Apple TV today amounts to a bet on its progress - that other networks will offer shows for rent, that it will connect to other media sites and that Apple won't neglect this like its now-abandoned precessor.

    Apple TV and Roku's XD-S: 2 doors to Web-sourced shows, but different ideals Rob Pegoraro 2010

  • From what I read, corn starch the precessor of dextrose used in the process is concentrated in the kernels.

    The Speculist: July 2004 Archives 2004

  • The new arbor is larger than its precessor, measuring at about 125 feet in diameter a stark contrast from the 40-foot arbor that Cree spoke of.

    Minot Daily News 2010

  • Some of the design choices for the programming environment remind me of ABC a bit (Python's precessor, and targeted towards being easy to learn for people completely new to computers).

    Planet Ubuntu jono 2010

  • Some of the design choices for the programming environment remind me of ABC a bit (Python's precessor, and targeted towards being easy to learn for people completely new to computers).

    Planet Ubuntu jono 2010

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