precursor

adj.

1 precursive, precursory.

2 trendsetting.

m.

1 forerunner, herald, pioneer, predecessor.

2 precursor, forerunner.

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precursor

► adjetivo

1 precursory

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 precursor

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(f. - precursora)

noun

forerunner, pioneer

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precursor, -a

SM / F precursor, forerunner

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-sora masculino, femenino precursor, forerunner

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= forerunner [fore-runner], precursor, progenitor, bellwether.

Ex. The forerunner of many recent ideas, and the force behind some of the remaining traditional systems was Charles Ammi Cutter.

Ex. These Centres were usually thought of initially as being a part of a national library or, indeed, a precursor to the development of a national library.

Ex. These shifts were actually adaptations to events that altered the environmental conditions in which our progenitors lived.

Ex. Scientists have long suspected amphibians are good bellwethers for impending alterations in biodiversity during rapid climate change.

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-sora masculino, femenino precursor, forerunner

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= forerunner [fore-runner], precursor, progenitor, bellwether.

Ex: The forerunner of many recent ideas, and the force behind some of the remaining traditional systems was Charles Ammi Cutter.

Ex: These Centres were usually thought of initially as being a part of a national library or, indeed, a precursor to the development of a national library.

Ex: These shifts were actually adaptations to events that altered the environmental conditions in which our progenitors lived.

Ex: Scientists have long suspected amphibians are good bellwethers for impending alterations in biodiversity during rapid climate change.

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precursor¹ -sora

adjective

1

(de una tendencia, un suceso): un movimiento precursor del Cubismo a movement which was a precursor o forerunner of Cubism

2 (Tec) precursor (before n)

precursor² -sora

masculine, feminine

precursor, forerunner

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precursor

◊ -sora sustantivo masculino, femenino

precursor, forerunner
precursor,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino precursor: ese autor es el precursor del modernismo, that author is the precursor of modernism

'precursor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antesala
- precursora
English:
forerunner
- harbinger
- precursor

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precursor, -ora

♦ adj

precursory;

un movimiento precursor del impresionismo a movement which anticipated the Impressionists

♦ nm,f

precursor

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precursor

m, precursora f precursor, forerunner

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precursor, -sora n

: forerunner, precursor