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Definition of precursor noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

precursor

 noun
noun
NAmE//prɪˈkərsər//
 
, NAmE//ˈpriˌkərsər//
 
precursor (of/to something) (formal)
 
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a person or thing that comes before someone or something similar and that leads to or influences its development synonym forerunner a stringed instrument that was the precursor of the guitar events that were precursors to revolution
See precursor in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary