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precursor

noun

NAmE//prɪˈkərsər//

, NAmE//ˈpriˌkərsər//

precursor (of/to something) (formal)

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

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