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Meanings of precursor in English
Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
Synonyms
Examples for "herald"
Examples for "herald"
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The benchmarking process should herald progress on modernisation in the education sector.
2
They say the red comet is a herald of a new age.
3
The Year of the Dragon may herald firey times for China .
4
Analysts said the government exit could herald a recovery at the bank.
5
Ed Miliband had hoped that 2008 would herald a social democratic moment.
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Late last year her predecessor, Mark Scott, was asked the same questions.
2
Patel is also likely to share his predecessor's good reputation among investors.
3
The government thus far has sought to distinguish itself from its predecessor.
4
Modern overhaul The New Duster looks far more modern than its predecessor.
5
The new government has, if anything, a tougher task than its predecessor.
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Their woes are a harbinger of the developed market pain to come.
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But the weakness is an opportunity, not a harbinger, fund managers say.
3
GO's rocky start in 1987 proved a harbinger of things to come.
4
Last week's developed market wobbles may be a harbinger of deeper falls.
5
The countenance of the honest Southron was the harbinger of his news.
1
Such presumption was the natural cause and forerunner of a shameful defeat.
2
Tartini was in some sort a forerunner of the modern romantic school.
3
She certainly was a forerunner to Katie Couric, so there's no guarantee.
4
It was a vile pseudo sentiment-theoffspring or the forerunner of evil.
5
It often happens, that prosperity is the forerunner of the greatest misfortunes.
Usage of precursor in English
1
Overall, he said, Bitcoin is a good precursor for stock market movements.
2
He was the precursor of the first serious use of such devices.
3
Under different circumstances, cognitive frailty may represent a precursor of neurodegenerative processes.
4
Conclusions: CB was highly upregulated in human ESCC and its precursor lesions.
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Nowhere does one find precursor proto-languages; all seem fully formed and complex.
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The transport mechanism for precursor ACTH thus appears to recognize other prohormones.
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What might this be the precursor of, he barely dared ask himself.
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Nevertheless, let us put the precursor of the Scoliae to the test.
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That hypothetical voyage was the precursor of the great journey of Columbus.
10
It was a slog; I began before iTunes, using its precursor SoundJam.
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It must advance: with it, standing still is the precursor of defeat.
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The move would be the precursor to fresh Assembly elections in May.
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These areas may be regarded as a precursor of Salzmann's corneal degeneration.
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It's also a precursor chemical for the blistering weapon nitrogen mustard gas.
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It has to be a precursor to something, some form of invasion.
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The flow of precursor chemicals to northern Myanmar has continued mostly unimpeded.
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
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