предше́ственик — meaning in English
predshestvenik
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English meaning
- ancestor noun A person from whom one is descended, further back than a grandparent; a forebear.
- antecedent noun In grammar, the word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to.
- forerunner noun A runner at the front or ahead.
- precursor noun Something or someone that comes before and leads to, or signals, what follows.
- predecessor noun A person who held a job, role, or position before the current person.
- progenitor noun A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
Senses
предше́ственик is used for these senses in English:
- ancestor One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.
- ancestor An earlier type; a progenitor
- antecedent Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- forebear An ancestor.
- forerunner A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
- precursor That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- predecessor 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.
- progenitor (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
ancestor — full definition
- noun A person from whom one is descended, further back than a grandparent; a forebear.
- noun An earlier version or form of something that later developed into its modern form.
antecedent — full definition
- noun In grammar, the word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to.
- noun A thing or event that came before something else and helped lead to it.
- adjective Coming before something in time or order.