predecessor
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Britannica Dictionary definition of PREDECESSOR
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a person who had a job or position before someone else
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opposite successor
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The company's new president has changed many of the policies that were introduced by his predecessor. [=by the previous president]
2
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something that comes before something else
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Today's computers are much faster than their predecessors were.
