predecessor

Significado (Inglês)

1. One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
2. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
3. A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

Conceitos

predecessor

antecessor

antepassado

Oposto de

successor

Sinônimos

forerunner

precursor

ancestor

antecedent

forefather

antecessor

foregoer

pioneer

seniority

herald

Pred

harbinger

precedent

earlier

leader

prior

progenitor

guide

former people

former

fore-runner

pathfinder

Traduções

Vorgänger

prédécesseur

predecesor

predecessore

voorganger

antecessore

öncel

predecessor

antecesor

προκάτοχος

Vorgängerin

devancier

ata

selef

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: predecessour

Cognato com inglês: decease

In summary

From Middle English predecessour, from Old French predecesseor (“forebear”), from Late Latin praedēcessor, from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + Latin dēcessor (“retiring officer”), from Latin dēcēdō (“I retire, I die”) (English decease).