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We also have to stop the flow of precursor chemicals that meth cooks use to boil up this poison.
Greg Walden

Meaning of "precursor" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRECURSOR

From Latin praecursor one who runs in front, from praecurrere, from prae in front + currere to run.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRECURSOR

precursor  [prɪˈkɜːsə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRECURSOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Precursor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRECURSOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of precursor in the English dictionary

The first definition of precursor in the dictionary is a person or thing that precedes and shows or announces someone or something to come; harbinger. Other definition of precursor is a predecessor or forerunner. Precursor is also a chemical substance that gives rise to another more important substance.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRECURSOR


amercer
əˈmɜːsə
asperser
əˈspɜːsə
bursa
ˈbɜːsə
bursar
ˈbɜːsə
coercer
kəʊˈɜːsə
converser
kənˈvɜːsə
curser
ˈkɜːsə
cursor
ˈkɜːsə
disburser
dɪsˈbɜːsə
disperser
dɪsˈpɜːsə
immerser
ɪˈmɜːsə
mercer
ˈmɜːsə
nurser
ˈnɜːsə
purser
ˈpɜːsə
reimburser
ˌriːɪmˈbɜːsə
reverser
rɪˈvɜːsə
traverser
trəˈvɜːsə
ursa
ˈɜːsə
verser
ˈvɜːsə
worser
ˈwɜːsə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRECURSOR

preconvention
preconviction
precook
precooked
precooker
precool
precopulatory
precordial
precoup
precrash
precrease
precrisis
precritical
precure
precurrer
precurse
precursive
precursor chemical
precursory
precut

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRECURSOR

advisor
assessor
assistant professor
associate professor
compressor
corporate sponsor
Duke of Windsor
endorsor
indorsor
oppressor
predecessor
processor
professor
sensor
sponsor
successor
supervisor
televisor
visor
Windsor

Synonyms and antonyms of precursor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRECURSOR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «precursor» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of precursor

Translation of «precursor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRECURSOR

Find out the translation of precursor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of precursor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «precursor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前兆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

precursor
570 millions of speakers

English

precursor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अग्रदूत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السلائف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предшественник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

precursor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অগ্রদূত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

précurseur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendahulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorläufer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

前触れ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전에 일어나는 것
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngisore
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiền thân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னோடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नांदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

haberci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

precursore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prekursor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

попередник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

precursor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόδρομος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorloper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prekursor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forløper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of precursor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECURSOR»

The term «precursor» is very widely used and occupies the 20.961 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECURSOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «precursor» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «precursor» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about precursor

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10 QUOTES WITH «PRECURSOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word precursor.
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Sam Abell
My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a popular class called Family Living, the precursor to Sociology, which he eventually taught. My grandmother was a beloved one-room school teacher at Knob School, near Sonora in Larue County, Ky.
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Harold Bloom
No poem, not even Shakespeare or Milton or Chaucer, is ever strong enough to totally exclude every crucial precursor text or poem.
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Dennis Cardoza
It is about time that we develop a worldwide strategy to reduce illegal trade in meth and its precursor chemicals and stop the devastating impact that methamphetamine use is having on our children and our communities.
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John M. Ford
At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to now; they would take place in a different universe.
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Tim Holden
While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes; recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in 2000 will suffer from obesity, which as noted is a predominant Type II precursor.
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Audrey MacLean
I started in time-sharing and networking with packet switching, which was the precursor to what became the Internet. Time-shared use on packet-switch networks, when you think about it, is the cloud.
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Aaron Patzer
When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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John Reid
Every intelligence agency in the world believed that Saddam Hussein had had weapons of mass destruction, precursor chemicals. The inspectors, over a period of ten years, had managed to gain access to much of those precursor chemicals.
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Sufjan Stevens
The World's Fair was the precursor to theme parks like Disneyworld, and the really sort of cheap, superficial promotional architecture that you see everywhere in the U.S. I think there's a danger when you start creating a civilisation that isn't meant to last.
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Greg Walden
We also have to stop the flow of precursor chemicals that meth cooks use to boil up this poison.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRECURSOR»

Discover the use of precursor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to precursor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Amyloid Precursor Protein: A Practical Approach
Exploring a variety of biological techniques to clarify the structure and function of this transmembrane protein, this text presents each method with detailed, step-by-step protocols to achieve reproducible results and provide a framework ...
Weiming Xia, Huaxi Xu, 2004
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Deleuze, The Dark Precursor: Dialectic, Structure, Being
Deleuze, The Dark Precursor is organized around three themes that critically overlap: dialectic, structure, and being.
Eleanor Kaufman, 2012
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Terrorist Precursor Crimes: Issues and Options for Congress
; Enhanced Counterterrorism Measures; (2) Ex. of Terrorist Precursor Activity in the U.S.: Front Bus. and Charities; Counterfeiting Money; Counterfeit Goods; Fraud (Benefits, Food Stamps); Narcotics; Smuggling and Import/Export Violations; ...
Siobhan O'Neil, 2010
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Accident Precursor Analysis and Management:: Reducing ...
" Accident Precursor Analysis and Management: Reducing Technological Risk Through Diligence documents various industrial and academic approaches to detecting, analyzing, and benefiting from accident precursors and examines public-sector and ...
James R. Phimister, Vicki M. Bier, Howard C. Kunreuther, 2004
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Safe on Mars:: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support ...
This study, commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), examines the role of robotic exploration missions in assessing the risks to the first human missions to Mars.
Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, 2002
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Granulocyte Precursor Cells—Advances in Research and ...
The editors have built Granulocyte Precursor Cells—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about ZZZAdditional Research in this book to be ...
‎2013
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Cutaneous Melanoma and Precursor Lesions
Moreover, previously unpublished new data are presented. A post-graduate Boerhaave course "Cutaneous Melanoma and Precursor Lesions" was held at Leiden University on 12 and 13 April,. 1984. The proceedings are contained in this volume.
Dirk J. Ruiter, Kees Welvaart, Soldano Ferrone, 1984
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Frederick Douglass: A Precursor of Liberation Theology
This book is another paradigm that expands the debate and places Douglass's thought in a more appropriate context, namely anticipating liberation theology.
Reginald F. Davis, 2005
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A Legacy for Living Systems: Gregory Bateson as Precursor to ...
The idea that organismic life is indeed basically semiotic or communicative lies at the heart of the biosemiotic approach to the study of life.The only book of its kind, this volume provides a key resource for the quickly-growing substratum ...
Jesper Hoffmeyer, 2008
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Breast Cancer and its Precursor Lesions: Making Sense and ...
This book targets the language, diagnostic terms and critical communication that must take place between primary care physicians, breast surgeons, oncologists, and general surgical pathologists interested in the pathologist 's perspective ...
Patricia A. Thomas, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRECURSOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term precursor is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite to undergo final system level testing in …
Airbus Defence and Space UK has integrated the Sentinel-5 Precursor platform and the Tropomi instrument, and will deliver it to France for final ... «Aerospace Technology, Jul 15»
2
Mesoblast Limited Publishes Results of Type 2 Diabetes …
... results of a Phase 2 clinical study for its intravenously-delivered Mesenchymal Precursor Cells (MPCs) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. «Diabetes News Journal, Jul 15»
3
Suncorp to Tony Abbott: stay out of FNQ insurance market
But a string of natural disasters in recent years, including Cyclone Marcia earlier this year, Cyclone Yasi in 2011 (which was the precursor to the ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
4
Why Dad Bod is Dangerous
Face it: The dad bod is just a precursor to dead bod, and women know that intuitively. It's survival of the fittest, people, not the survival of fattest. «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
5
Three inmates among 10 arrested in Head Hunters gang raids
... of serious offences including the manufacture and supply of methamphetamine, possession of precursor substances, unlawful possession of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
Dominque Easley among 9 Patriots on PUP or NFI
The eight players placed on PUP – which can be a precursor to regular season PUP but from which a player can be activated at any time ... «Patriots.com, Jul 15»
7
Obituary: Minnesotan Peg Lynch, creator of 1950s 'Ethel and Albert …
Before agreeing to appear on the Blue Network, the precursor to ABC, she turned down an offer from NBC, which wanted to co-own the show, ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
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Discovering from hovering: Neoteric founder wants to learn …
He considers the cruise a precursor to a similar event he plans to organize, wanting to become more familiar with the river's potential obstacles. «Terre Haute Tribune Star, Jul 15»
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Matt Driscoll: Proposed audit will test Pierce County Council's stand …
Perhaps wisely, Ladenburg and Young are reluctant at this point to talk about the audit as a precursor to renewed consideration of a mental ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
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Stevenage's Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite one step closer to liftoff
The Sentinel-5 Precursor, which was put together by Airbus in Stevenage, goes to France for testing this week before it is blasted into space ... «Hertfordshire Mercury, Jul 15»

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