Domestic corn's wild precursor was teosinte.
Source: tatoeba (2072026)
Precursor
//pɹɪˈkɜː.sə//
Synonyms for "precursor" (197 found)
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Strong matches (59)
colonizerconceiverconstructorcraftsmancreatordanger signdesignerdeviserdiscovererdominionearly birdearly comerearly riserearly symptomeffectorengendererengineerexecutorexecutrixexplorer
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falling barometerfarthest outpostfatherfermentfirst arrivalfirst lineforebearsforefrontforegoerforegoingforeshadowerforetokenfounderfrontfront linefront positionfront rankfront runnerfront-runnerfrontiersmanfuglemangathering cloudsgeneratorgroundbreakergrowerguidehandwriting on the wallheadingheraldhigh signhomesteaderimmigrantinauguratorindustrialistinitiator
Noun(4 words)
Related words (98)
innovationistinnovatorinstigatorinstitutorintroducerinventorjourneymanle pasleadleaderleadingleavenlinemakermanufacturermastermaster craftsmanmessengermodificatormodifier
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mothermovernesteromenorganizeroriginaloriginatoroutguardoutpostoutriderpast masterpathfinderpioneerplannerplanterpointprecedenceprecedencyprecedentprecedingprecessionpredecessorpreferenceprefixationpreliminary signpreludepremisepremonitorpremonitory signpremonitory symptompresagerprime moverpriorityprodromaprodromeproducerprothesisprototypequarantine flagrailheadraiserrealizerred flagred lightscoutsettlershapersireskull and crossbonessmithsoonerspearheadsquatterstockstorm petrelstormy petrelstraw in the windsuperioritysymptomthe leadthundercloudthunderheadtop prioritytrailblazertransformertransmogrifierurgencyvanvanguardwarning signwarning signalwrightyeastyellow flagyellow jack
Noun(3 words)
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8 entriesTranslations
80 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pris noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρόδρομος noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Bengali
1 entries- অগ্রদূত noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изходно вещество noun (chemical compound)
- предвестник noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- предшественик noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Catalan
3 entries- precursor noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- precursor noun (chemical compound)
- precursora noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 先驅 /先驱 noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- 前體 /前体 noun (chemical compound)
Czech
1 entries- předchůdce noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Dutch
3 entries- precursor noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- precursor noun (chemical compound)
- voorloper noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Finnish
3 entries- edelläkävijä noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- edeltäjä noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- esiaste noun (chemical compound)
French
4 entries- précurseur noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- précurseur noun (chemical compound)
- précurseuse noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- réactif noun (chemical compound)
Georgian
1 entries- წინამორბედი noun (forerunner, predecessor)
German
4 entries- Amtsvorgänger noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- Anzeichen noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- Edukt noun (chemical compound)
- Präkursor noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Hungarian
2 entries- előfutár noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- prekurzor noun (chemical compound)
Indonesian
1 entries- prekursor noun (chemical compound)
Italian
1 entries- precursore noun (chemical compound)
Japanese
4 entries- 先駆者 noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- 前兆 noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- 前駆体 noun (chemical compound)
- 前駆物質 noun (chemical compound)
Kazakh
1 entries- ізашар noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Korean
2 entries- 선구자 noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- 전구체 noun (chemical compound)
Macedonian
2 entries- предвесник noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- претходник noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- pêşeng noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- pêşrew noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Occitan
2 entries- precursor noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- precursora noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Polish
3 entries- prekursor noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- prekursor noun (chemical compound)
- prekursorka noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Portuguese
3 entries- precursor noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- precursor noun (chemical compound)
- precursora noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Romanian
2 entries- precursoare noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- precursor noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Russian
4 entries- предве́стник noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- предве́стница noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- предше́ственник noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- предше́ственник noun (chemical compound)
Spanish
2 entries- precursor noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- precursor noun (chemical compound)
Swedish
3 entries- föregångare noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- förelöpare noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- prekursor noun (chemical compound)
Turkish
1 entries- öncül noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Ukrainian
3 entries- попере́дник noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- попере́дниця noun (forerunner, predecessor)
- предте́ча noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Zulu
1 entries- imvula noun (forerunner, predecessor)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The OSS was the precursor to the CIA.
Source: tatoeba (8133188)
The KGB was the precursor to the FSB.
Source: tatoeba (11862993)
Dr. Villa and colleagues have developed a vaccine that kept 90 percent of young women from becoming infected with four types of HPV virus. The vaccine protected 100 percent of the women who became infected with the virus against the development of genital warts, a condition that often leads to cervical cancer, and abnormal cervical lesions, another precursor to cervical cancer.
Source: tatoeba (12209256)
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