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Word: Precursor
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin praecursor, from praecurs- ‘preceded’, from praecurrere, from prae ‘beforehand’ + currere ‘to run’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
prɪˈkəːsə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner
Short Definition:person or thing that comes before another of same kind
Examples:- a three-stringed precursor of the violin
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