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1predecessor — pre‧de‧ces‧sor [ˈpriːdsesə ǁ ˈpredsesər] noun [countable] formal 1. a person who was in a particular post or job before the person who is doing it now: • Problems he inherited from his predecessor led to the bank s later troubles. 2. a machine …
2Predecessor — Pred e*ces sor (?; 277), n. [L. praedecessor; prae before + decessor one who withdraws from the province he has governed, a retiring officer (with reference to his successor), a predecessor, fr. decedere: cf. F. pr[ e]d[ e]cesseur. See… …
3predecessor — [[t]pri͟ːdɪsesə(r), AM pre̱d [/t]] predecessors 1) N COUNT: usu poss N Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you. He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam. 2) N COUNT: usu with poss The… …
4predecessor — noun (C) 1 someone who had your job before you started doing it: The President inherited his economic problems from his predecessor. 2 a machine, system etc that existed before another one in a process of development: The Julian calendar was more …
5predecessor */*/ — UK [ˈpriːdɪˌsesə(r)] / US [ˈpredəˌsesər] noun [countable] Word forms predecessor : singular predecessor plural predecessors 1) the person who had a job or official position before someone else Algood seems to have learned nothing from the faults… …
6predecessor — 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 ) something that has been replaced by another thing …
7Divine Predecessor — Divine Predecessors are characters on the science fiction series Lexx. Divine Predecessors are the brains from the former bodies that were occupied by His Divine Shadow. They contain the memories from their rule and are the source of power as… …
8Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends — Studio album by Coldplay Released 11 June 2008 …
9immediate predecessor — immediate predecessor/successor phrase the person who comes directly before or after you in a particular job or relationship a decision made by his immediate predecessor at the Foreign Office Thesaurus: relationships and membership of social… …
10Every Man out of His Humour — is a satirical comedy written by English playwright Ben Jonson, acted in 1599 by the Lord Chamberlain s Men. It is a conceptual sequel to his 1598 comedy Every Man in His Humour . It was much less successful on stage than its predecessor, though… …