different between precursor vs exemplar

English

Alternative forms

• præcursor (chiefly obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?i??k??.s??/, /p???k??.s??/

Noun

precursor (plural precursors)

1. That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
2. (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

Related terms

• cursor

Derived terms

• precursory

Translations

Adjective

precursor (not comparable)

1. (telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.

Antonyms

• postcursor

See also

• ISI

References

• precursor at OneLook Dictionary Search
• precursor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Intersymbol interference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• procurers

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.

Adjective

precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursors, feminine plural precursores)

1. precursory, preceding

Noun

precursor m (plural precursors, feminine precursora)

1. precursor

Further reading

• “precursor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “precursor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “precursor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “precursor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin praecursor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre?k?rs?r/

Noun

precursor m (plural precursors, diminutive precursortje n)

1. precursor, forerunner

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.

Noun

precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)

1. precursor; forerunner (something that led to the development of another)

Related terms

• cursor

Adjective

precursor m (feminine singular precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras, comparable)

1. precursory (pertaining to events that will follow)

Further reading

• “precursor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French précurseur.

Noun

precursor m (plural precursori)

1. precursor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.

Adjective

precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)

1. precursory, preceding

Noun

precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)

1. precursor, forerunner

Related terms

• cursor

Further reading

• “precursor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

From Old French exemplaire, from Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum. Doublet of exemplary.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?m.pl?/, /?k?z?m.pl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?m.pl??/, /???z?m.pl?/
• Hyphenation: ex?em?plar

Noun

exemplar (plural exemplars)

1. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:model

2. A role model.
3. Something typical or representative of a class; an example.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar

4. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
5. A well known usage of a scientific theory.
6. A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
7. A copy of a book or piece of writing.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Nicholas Udall to this entry?)

Translations

Etymology 2

From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exempl?ris.

Adjective

exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)

1. (obsolete) Exemplary.

Further reading

• exemplar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “exemplar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• exampler

Catalan

Etymology

Latin exemplar

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplars)

1. copy; edition

Latin

Etymology

Compare of exempl?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek?sem.plar/, [?k?s??mp??är]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek?sem.plar/, [???z?mpl?r]

Noun

exemplar n (genitive exempl?ris); third declension

1. model, pattern, example, original or ideal
2. copy

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Synonyms

• (copy): exempl?ris

Derived terms

• exempl?rium

Related terms

• exemplum

Descendants

• Catalan: exemplar
• English: exemplar
• French: exemplaire
• German: Exemplar
• Russian: ?????????? (ekzempljár)
• Portuguese: exemplar
• Spanish: ejemplar

References

• exemplar in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exemplar in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exemplar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• exemplar in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin exemplaris.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.?z?.pla?/
• Hyphenation: e?xem?plar

Adjective

exemplar m or f (plural exemplares, comparable)

1. exemplary

Noun

exemplar m (plural exemplares)

1. example, exemplar

Romanian

Etymology

From French exemplaire, from Latin exemplarium.

Noun

exemplar n (plural exemplare)

1. copy

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.

Pronunciation

Noun

exemplar n

1. a copy (one of many identical artifacts)

Declension

Related terms

• exemplarframställning