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Definition of Precursor
1. Noun. A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction).
2. Noun. A person who goes before or announces the coming of another.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Predecessor
3. Noun. Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
Generic synonyms: Indicant, Indication
Derivative terms: Harbinger, Herald
Definition of Precursor
1. n. One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.
Definition of Precursor
1. Noun. That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events. ¹
2. Noun. (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Precursor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precursor
Literary usage of Precursor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"A Precursor OF TRISTRAM SHANDY For a recognized plagiarist, Laurence Sterne ...
One such precursor I stumbled upon, and recently I discovered that the same ..."
2. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"—A precursor of Dante. — Foundation of Lastingham : Cedd, monk of Lindisfarne.
— Testimony borno by the Romano-Benedictine Bede to the virtue, ..."
3. Ethnology by Augustus Henry Keane (1896)
"From that region the pliocene precursor had easy access through India itself to
the Central Asian plains and plateaux. At present the peninsula appears cut ..."
4. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"... that although the acquisition of fresh knowledge is the necessary precursor
of every step in social progress, such acquisition must itself be preceded ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"According to ray reading and experience, this " show" is rightly regarded as the
harbinger and precursor of labour not far distant. And yet, in this case, ..."
6. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"A Precursor OF TRISTRAM SHANDY For a recognized plagiarist, Laurence Sterne ...
One such precursor I stumbled upon, and recently I discovered that the same ..."
7. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"—A precursor of Dante. — Foundation of Lastingham : Cedd, monk of Lindisfarne.
— Testimony borno by the Romano-Benedictine Bede to the virtue, ..."
8. Ethnology by Augustus Henry Keane (1896)
"From that region the pliocene precursor had easy access through India itself to
the Central Asian plains and plateaux. At present the peninsula appears cut ..."
9. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"... that although the acquisition of fresh knowledge is the necessary precursor
of every step in social progress, such acquisition must itself be preceded ..."
10. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"According to ray reading and experience, this " show" is rightly regarded as the
harbinger and precursor of labour not far distant. And yet, in this case, ..."
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