Definizione monolingua

predecessor

predecessor (plural predecessors)

1. 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.
2. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.

   The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.

3. (mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

Definizione dizionario predecessor

	predecessore
	one who precedes

	antecessore
	one who precedes

	attività precedente
	An activity that occurs before another activity in a series. A predecessor can be, but is not always, a prerequisite.

	precedente
	model or type which precedes

antecedente

antenato

anteriore

precursore

Altri significati:

A model or type of machinery or device which precedes current one.

One whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.

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.