předchůdce — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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

předchůdce is used for these senses in English:

• antecedent Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
• 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.

antecedent — full definition

1. noun In grammar, the word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to.
2. noun A thing or event that came before something else and helped lead to it.
3. adjective Coming before something in time or order.

forerunner — full definition

1. noun A runner at the front or ahead.
2. noun By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
3. noun A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
4. noun A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.

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