edeltäjä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- antecedent noun In grammar, the word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to.
- elder noun A respected older member of a community, often looked to for guidance or leadership.
- 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.
- type noun A category or class of things that share particular features.
Senses
edeltäjä is used for these senses in English:
- antecedent Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- elder One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
- precursor That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- progenitor (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
- type (theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
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.
elder — full definition
- noun A respected older member of a community, often looked to for guidance or leadership.
- adjective Older than another specified person, especially a sibling.
- noun A small tree or shrub (Sambucus) that produces clusters of white flowers and dark purple berries.