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predecessors Definition and Meaning in English (predecessors definition)

noun
Synonyms:forerunnersantecedentsancestors
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Predecessors definition: A person who held a job or office before the current holder.

Definitions of Predecessors

  1. 1noun

    A person who held a job or office before the current holder.

  2. 2noun

    A thing that has been followed or replaced by another.

Example Sentences

business

“The new CEO built upon the foundations laid by her predecessors.”

general

“Many of our current technologies have their predecessors in earlier inventions.”

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Inflected Word Forms

infinitiveprecede
present participlepreceding
nounpredecessor

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Predecessors definition: A person who held a job or office before the current holder.
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