Found 3 items, similar to precursor.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: precursor
pendahulu
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: precursor
precursor
n 1: a substance from which another substance is formed
(especially by a metabolic reaction)
2: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
[syn:
forerunner]
3: an indication of the approach of something or someone [syn:
harbinger,
forerunner,
herald]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Precursor
Precursor
\Pre*cur"sor\, n. [L. praecursor, fr. praecurrere to
run before; prae before + currere to run. See
Course.]
One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its
approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.
[1913 Webster]
Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all
the storms and tempests of the soul. --Buckminster.
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Syn: Predecessor; forerunner; harbinger; messenger; omen;
sign.
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