predecessor
a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc.
something succeeded or replaced by something else: The new monument in the park is more beautiful than its predecessor.
Archaic. an ancestor; forefather.
Origin of predecessor
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How to use predecessor in a sentence
The new model, however, has 60 percent more air capacity than its predecessor, which allows for greater adjustments between soft and firm.
Audi’s e-Tron GT charges up fast, but turns even faster | Stan Horaczek | February 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHe years ago pushed for an infrastructure tax hike that ultimately never happened and has supported tax hikes more than his predecessor.
Gloria Eagerly Flagged Budget Issues But Is Less Eager to ID Solutions | Lisa Halverstadt | February 4, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoShe was hired behind closed doors, before the public even knew that her predecessor was leaving.
Morning Report: San Diegans Are Drowning in Water Debt | Voice of San Diego | January 28, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoTwo factions, the Greens and Blues—the predecessors of today’s soccer hooligans—broke into a fight.
Want to Get Out Alive? Follow the Ants - Issue 95: Escape | Conor Myhrvold | January 28, 2021 | NautilusLewis and Libby dove deep into Marten’s tenure, including how she got the job — and how her predecessor may be set up to take a similarly unconventional path to lead the district.
Under the current president and his predecessor, Jett notes, the ambassadorship of Belize has gone to college roommates.
Austin Mahone, the teenage pop star with a more wholesome image than his predecessor Justin Bieber wants to tell you his story.
Portrait of the Austin Mahone as a Teen Idol | William O’Connor | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 247 was the first airplane really to define the form of a modern airliner, flying faster and higher than any predecessor.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room | Clive Irving | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTScott says he last spoke to his predecessor a few days ago, although he never explicitly gave his blessing.
Now Obama needs his predecessor to help prevent a solid Republican Congress from hassling him all the way to January 20, 2017.
The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensFor instance, the North Midland railway, part predecessor of the Midland, was involved in difficulty.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowBut the victory of Maubeuge nearly cost him his head, as that of Handschtten had done for his predecessor.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe lofty part of his predecessor Ximenes was out of the range, not more of his intellectual, than his moral capacity.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThis is Cervantes's description of the national stage in the time of his immediate predecessor, Lope de Rueda.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
British Dictionary definitions for predecessor
/ (ˈpriːdɪˌsɛsə) /
a person who precedes another, as in an office
something that precedes something else
an ancestor; forefather
Origin of predecessor
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