predecessor

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

predecessorsprædecessorpredecessour

1.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: antecessor, ancestor
2.
A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
3.
(mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

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Đồng nghĩa

antecessorancestorforegangerforerunnerprecursorforeganger archaic rareantecessor rare

Trái nghĩa

successor

Cùng gốc / liên quan

predecessoresspredecessorialpredecessorshippredecessorydeceasedeceased#Adjectivepredecessivesuccessive successor

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English predecessour, from Old French predecesseor (forebear), from praedēcessor, from Latin prae- (pre-) + Latin dēcessor (retiring officer), from Latin dēcēdō (to retire, to die) (decease).