precursor
pronunciation
How to pronounce precursor in British English:
UK [priˈkɜːsə(r)]
How to pronounce precursor in American English:
US [priˈkɜːrsər]
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- Noun:
- a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
- a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
- an indication of the approach of something or someone
Word Origin
- precursor
- precursor: see course
- precursor (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French precurseur and directly from Latin praecursor "forerunner," agent noun from past participle stem of praecurrere, from prae "before" (see pre-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Related: Precursory.
Example
- 1. Improving sentiment is a precursor of recovering mutual fund demand .
- 2. Rising public debt is a near universal precursor of other postwar crises .
- 3. That makes diabetes a precursor to many of medicine 's most debilitating conditions .
- 4. The chinese are building their navy , a historic precursor to expanded ambitions and global conflict .
- 5. Here he is not only a precursor of darwin and freud but , more particularly , of dawkins .