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precursor

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”). See precurse, and refer to -or.

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Noun

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precursor (plural precursors)

  1. That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
    • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
      Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
  2. (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
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Etymology 2

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From pre- +‎ cursor.

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precursor (not comparable)

  1. (telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.
    Antonym: postcursor

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin praecursōrem.

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precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursors, feminine plural precursores)

  1. precursory, preceding

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precursor m (plural precursors, feminine precursora)

  1. precursor

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Latin praecursor.

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precursor m (plural precursors or precursoren, diminutive precursortje n)

  1. precursor, forerunner

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  • → Indonesian: prekursor

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  • “precursor” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

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precursor m (plural precursors, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)

  1. forerunner, precursor

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin praecursōrem.

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  • Hyphenation: pre‧cur‧sor

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precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)

  1. precursor; forerunner (something that led to the development of another)
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precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)

  1. precursory (pertaining to events that will follow)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French précurseur.

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precursor m (plural precursori, feminine equivalent precursoare)

  1. precursor

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative precursor precursorul precursori precursorii
genitive-dative precursor precursorului precursori precursorilor
vocative precursorule precursorilor

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin praecursōrem.

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  • IPA(key): /pɾekuɾˈsoɾ/ [pɾe.kuɾˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: pre‧cur‧sor

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precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)

  1. precursory, preceding

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precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)

  1. precursor, forerunner
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