1 a person who did a job before sb else:
The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor.
2 a thing, such as a machine, that has been followed or replaced by sth else:
This computer has a larger memory that its predecessor.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for predecessor is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is predecessor a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, predecessor is tagged as noun.
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