"precursor" meaning in English

See precursor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɹiːˌkɜː.sə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /pɹɪˈkɜː.sə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹiːˌkɜɹ.səɹ/ [General-American], /pɹɪˈkɜɹ.səɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precursor.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Jjamesryan-precursor.wav
Etymology: From pre- + cursor. Etymology templates: {{af|en|pre-|cursor}} pre- + cursor Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} precursor (not comparable)
  1. (telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Telecommunications Related terms: ISI
    Sense id: en-precursor-en-adj-AROsccre Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 29 32 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 37 31 32 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹiːˌkɜː.sə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /pɹɪˈkɜː.sə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹiːˌkɜɹ.səɹ/ [General-American], /pɹɪˈkɜɹ.səɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precursor.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Jjamesryan-precursor.wav Forms: precursors [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”). See precurse, and refer to -or. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱers-}}, {{bor+|en|la|praecursor||forerunner}} Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} precursor (plural precursors)
  1. That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events. Translations (forerunner, predecessor): pris (Albanian), πρόδρομος (pródromos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), অগ্রদূত (ogrodut) (Bengali), предшественик (predšestvenik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), предвестник (predvestnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), precursor [masculine] (Catalan), 先驅 (Chinese Mandarin), 先驱 (xiānqū) (Chinese Mandarin), předchůdce [masculine] (Czech), voorloper [masculine] (Dutch), précurseur [masculine] (French), précurseuse [feminine] (French), წინამორბედი (c̣inamorbedi) (Georgian), Vorläufer [masculine] (German), Vorgänger [masculine] (German), Wegbereiter [masculine] (German), Vorbote [masculine] (German), Anzeichen [neuter] (German), Vorreiter [masculine] (German), Präkursor [masculine] (German), Amtsvorgänger [masculine] (German), előfutár (Hungarian), 前兆 (zenchō) (alt: ぜんちょう) (Japanese), 先駆者 (senkusha) (alt: せんくしゃ) (Japanese), ізашар (ızaşar) (Kazakh), 선구자 (seon'guja) (Korean), претходник (prethodnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), предвесник (predvesnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), pêşeng [feminine, masculine] (Northern Kurdish), pêşrew [feminine, masculine] (Northern Kurdish), prekursor [masculine] (Polish), prekursorka [feminine] (Polish), precursor [masculine] (Portuguese), предше́ственник (predšéstvennik) [masculine] (Russian), предше́ственница (predšéstvennica) [feminine] (Russian), предве́стник (predvéstnik) [masculine] (Russian), предве́стница (predvéstnica) [feminine] (Russian), precursor [masculine] (Spanish), förelöpare (Swedish), föregångare [common-gender] (Swedish), öncül (Turkish), попере́дник (poperédnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), попере́дниця (poperédnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), предте́ча (predtéča) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian), imvula [class-10, class-9] (Zulu)
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  2. (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (chemical compound): изходно вещество (izhodno veštestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 前體 (Chinese Mandarin), 前体 (qiántǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), precursor [masculine] (Dutch), esiaste (Finnish), réactif [masculine] (French), précurseur [masculine] (French), Edukt [neuter] (German), Vorläufer [masculine] (German), Präkursor [masculine] (German), Vorform [feminine] (German), Vorprodukt [neuter] (German), Vorläuferverbindung [feminine] (German), Vorläufersubstanz [feminine] (German), Vorstufe [feminine] (German), prekurzor (Hungarian), prekursor (Indonesian), precursore (Italian), 前駆物質 (zenku-busshitu) (alt: ぜんくぶっしつ) (Japanese), 前駆体 (zenku-tai) (alt: ぜんくたい) (Japanese), 전구체 (jeon'guche) (Korean), prekursor [masculine] (Polish), precursor (Portuguese), предше́ственник (predšéstvennik) [masculine] (Russian), реакти́в (reaktív) [masculine] (Russian), precursor (Spanish)
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Synonyms: præcursor [obsolete], antecedent, beforemath, foremath, precedent, precursor, progenitor [figuratively] Hyponyms: front matter, predecessor Derived forms: precursor tip, precursory Related terms: cursor
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "предвесник"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:precursor",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:precursor",
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      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "pris"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ogrodut",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "অগ্রদূত"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predvestnik",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предвестник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "precursor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "先驅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiānqū",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "先驱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "předchůdce"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voorloper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "précurseur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "précurseuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣inamorbedi",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "წინამორბედი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorläufer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorgänger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wegbereiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorbote"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Anzeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorreiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Präkursor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Amtsvorgänger"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pródromos",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πρόδρομος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "előfutár"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜんちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zenchō",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "前兆"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんくしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "senkusha",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "先駆者"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ızaşar",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "ізашар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seon'guja",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "선구자"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pêşeng"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pêşrew"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prethodnik",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "претходник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "predvesnik",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предвесник"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prekursor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prekursorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "precursor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predšéstvennik",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предше́ственник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predšéstvennica",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "предше́ственница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predvéstnik",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предве́стник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predvéstnica",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "предве́стница"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "precursor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "förelöpare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "föregångare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "word": "öncül"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poperédnyk",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "попере́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poperédnycja",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "попере́дниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "predtéča",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предте́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "forerunner, predecessor",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "imvula"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izhodno veštestvo",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изходно вещество"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "前體"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiántǐ",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "前体"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "precursor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "esiaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "réactif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "précurseur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Edukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorläufer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Präkursor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorform"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorprodukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorläuferverbindung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorläufersubstanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorstufe"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "prekurzor"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "prekursor"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "precursore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜんくぶっしつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zenku-busshitu",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "前駆物質"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜんくたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zenku-tai",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "前駆体"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeon'guche",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "전구체"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "precursor"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предше́ственник"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "reaktív",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "реакти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chemical compound",
      "word": "precursor"
    }
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.