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precursor
noun
1 precursor
A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction).
Roget 280:
precession,
leading,
heading;
precedence
etc.
62;
priority
etc.
116;
the lead,
le pas;
van
etc.
(front)
234;
precursor
etc.
64.
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Roget 116:
priority,
antecedence,
anteriority,
precedence,
pre-existence;
precession
etc.
280;
precursor
etc.
64;
the past
etc.
122;
premises.
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Roget 62:
precedence;
coming before
etc.
v.;
the lead,
le pas;
superiority
etc.
33;
importance
etc.
642;
antecedence,
antecedency†;
anteriority
etc.
(front)
234;
precursor
etc.
64;
priority
etc.
116;
precession
etc.
280;
anteposition†;
epacme†;
preference.
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Dutch: precursor, voorloper
Polish: prekursor
2 precursor
A person who goes before or announces the coming of another.
synonym: forerunner.
3 precursor
Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
synonyms: forerunner, harbinger, herald, predecessor.
Roget 64:
precursor,
antecedent,
precedent,
predecessor;
forerunner,
vancourier†,
avant-coureur [Fr.],
pioneer,
prodrome†,
prodromos†,
prodromus†,
outrider;
leader,
bellwether;
herald,
harbinger;
foreboding;
dawn;
avant-courier,
avant-garde,
bellmare†,
forelooper†,
foreloper†,
stalking-horse,
voorlooper [Afrik.],
voortrekker [Afrik.].
prelude,
preamble,
preface,
prologue,
foreword,
avant-propos [Fr.],
protasis†,
proemium†,
prolusion†,
proem,
prolepsis [Gramm.],
prolegomena,
prefix,
introduction;
heading,
frontispiece,
groundwork;
preparation
etc.
673;
overture,
exordium [Lat.],
symphony;
premises.
prefigurement
etc.
511;
omen
etc.
512.
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Dutch: voorloper, voorteken, voorbode
Polish: zwiastun, prognostyk, zapowiedź
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