Definitions for precursor
prɪˈkɜr sər, ˈpri kɜr-pre·cur·sor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. precursornoun

   a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

2. precursor, forerunnernoun

   a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

3. harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursornoun

   something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. precursornoun

   That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events.

2. precursornoun

   One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

3. Etymology: From praecursor

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Precursornoun

   Forerunner; harbinger.

   Etymology: præcursor, Lat. precurseur, Fr.

   Jove’s lightnings, the precursers
   Of dreadful thunder claps, more momentary
   Were not. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   This contagion might have been presaged upon consideration of its precursors, viz. a rude winter, and a close, sulphurous and fiery air. Gideon Harvey, on the Plague.

   Thomas Burnet played the precurser to the coming of Homer in his Homerides. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. precursor

   A precursor is something that happens, exists, or is developed before another thing and often leads to, or influences its development. It can also refer to a person who precedes another in any job, position, or office.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Precursornoun

   one who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. precursor

   Any chemical reactant which takes place at any stage in the production by whatever method of a toxic chemical. This includes any key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical system.

Matched Categories

1. • Biochemistry
   • Indication
   • Material
   • Person

Anagrams for precursor »

1. procurers

How to pronounce precursor?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say precursor in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of precursor in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of precursor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of precursor in a Sentence

1. Madeline Bernstein:

   Two years is a great sentence, typically across the county we're battling with people taking these cases seriously. It's a significant crime, a violent crime and can be a precursor of violence toward people.

2. Ian Storey:

   As these facilities become operational, Chinese warnings to both military and civilian aircraft will become routine, these events are a precursor to an ADIZ, or an undeclared but de facto ADIZ, and one has to expect tensions to rise.

3. Elizabeth Sattely:

   We used these genes to engineer a wild relative of tobacco to make the drug precursor and think we could also use these genes to make the drug in other easy-to-grow organisms such as yeast.

4. Robin Bhar:

   The markets are perhaps eyeing that as a precursor to a pick up in demand as we go into Q4.

5. Aimee Eyvazzadeh:

   They've said they've discovered this precursor cell in humans and this cell can somehow mature into healthy, young fertilizable eggs? Well, that's awesome, let me at that cell!

Popularity rank by frequency of use