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predecessor

[ pred-uh-ses-er, pred-uh-ses-eror, especially British, pree-duh-ses-er ]

noun

  1. a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc.
  2. something succeeded or replaced by something else:

    The new monument in the park is more beautiful than its predecessor.

  3. Archaic. an ancestor; forefather.


predecessor

/ 藞辫谤颈藧诲瑟藢蝉蓻蝉蓹 /

noun

  1. a person who precedes another, as in an office
  2. something that precedes something else
  3. an ancestor; forefather
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of predecessor1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English predecessour, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin 辫谤补别诲脓肠别蝉蝉辞谤, from Latin prae- pre- + 诲脓肠别蝉蝉辞谤 鈥渞etiring official鈥 (equivalent to 诲脓肠脓诲(别谤别) 鈥渢o withdraw鈥 + -tor -tor; de-, cede )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of predecessor1

C14: via Old French from Late Latin 辫谤补别诲脓肠别蝉蝉辞谤, from prae before + 诲脓肠脓诲别谤别 to go away, from 诲脓 away + 肠脓诲别谤别 to go
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That boost helped the party win control of as many as 10 councils, something that Reform's predecessor, Ukip, never managed at the height of its popularity in the run up to the 2015 general election.

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Nothing about 鈥淎nother Simple Favor鈥 or its equally cuckoo bananas predecessor, 鈥淎 Simple Favor,鈥 is subtle.

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But both Trump and his predecessor, Joe Biden, said it damaged American businesses and was used to smuggle illegal goods, including drugs.

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The Republican mocked his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, and aimed fresh criticism at the US Federal Reserve's chairman, while dismissing polls that show his own popularity slipping.

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During this period, Gelasius I asserted the supremacy of Rome and the papacy over the entire Church, East and West, which experts believe went further than any of his predecessors.

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