poprzednik — meaning in English
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English meaning
- forerunner noun A runner at the front or ahead.
- 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
poprzednik is used for these senses in English:
- forerunner A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
- 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.
- predecessor A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
- progenitor (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
- protasis (logic, grammar) A clause that expresses a contingent element in a conditional sentence.
forerunner — full definition
- noun A runner at the front or ahead.
- 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.
- noun A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
- noun A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
predecessor — full definition
- noun A person who held a job, role, or position before the current person.
- noun An earlier model or version of something that has since been replaced.