Precursor
Nouns
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precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor
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forerunner, vancourier, pioneer, prodrome, prodromos, prodromus, outrider
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leader, bellwether
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herald, harbinger
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foreboding
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dawn
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avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare, forelooper, foreloper, stalking-horse, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, protasis, proemium, prolusion, proem, prolepsis [Gramm.], prolegomena, prefix, introduction
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heading, frontispiece, groundwork
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preparation etc. Preparation
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overture, symphony
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premises. prefigurement etc. Prediction
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omen etc. Omen.
Adjectives
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precursory
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prelusive, prelusory, preludious
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proemial, introductory, prefatory, prodromous, inaugural, preliminary
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precedent etc. (prior) Priority.
Phrases
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a precedent embalms a principle" [Disraeli].