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predecessor

English

Alternative forms

  • prædecessor (archaic)
  • prædecessour (obsolete, rare)
  • predecessour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praedecessor.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p?i?d?s?s?(?)/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /?p?i?d?s?s?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?p??d.?.s?s.?/, /?p?i.d?.s?s.?/

Noun

predecessor (plural predecessors)

  1. One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
  2. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
    The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
  3. (mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

Synonyms

  • forerunner
  • foreganger (archaic, rare)

Antonyms

  • (one who precedes): successor
  • (machinery or device which precedes): successor

Translations

Anagrams

  • corepressed, reprocessed

Catalan

Noun

predecessor m (plural predecessors, feminine predecessora)

  1. predecessor

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

predecessor m (plural predecessores, feminine predecessora, feminine plural predecessoras)

  1. predecessor (something or someone who precedes)
    Synonym: antecessor

Adjective

predecessor m (feminine singular predecessora, masculine plural predecessores, feminine plural predecessoras, comparable)

  1. preceding (occurring before or in front of something else)
    Synonyms: antecessor, anterior

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indicator

English

Etymology

From Late Latin indic?tor (one who points out), from Latin indic? (point out); see indicate.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??n.d?.?ke?.t?(?)/

Noun

indicator (plural indicators)

  1. A pointer or index that indicates something.
  2. A meter or gauge.
  3. The needle or dial on such a meter.
  4. (chemistry) Any of many substances, such as litmus, used to indicate the concentration of a substance, or the degree of a reaction.
  5. (ecology) A plant or animal whose presence is indicative of some specific environment.
  6. (economics) A measure, such as unemployment rate, which can be used to predict economic trends.
  7. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, automotive) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.
    Synonyms: (informal) blinker, directional, directional signal, direction indicator, trafficator, turn indicator, (chiefly US) turn signal
  8. A bird, the honeyguide.

Derived terms

  • economic indicator
  • key performance indicator
  • route indicator

Related terms

  • index
  • indicate
  • indication
  • indicative

Translations

Further reading

  • indicator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • indicator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • anidrotic, cardiotin

Latin

Etymology

From indic? (point out, indicate, show), from in (in, at, on; into) + dic? (indicate; dedicate; set apart).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /in.di?ka?.tor/, [?n?d???kä?t??r]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.di?ka.tor/, [in?d?i?k??t??r]

Noun

indic?tor m (genitive indic?t?ris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) Someone who points out.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

Verb

indic?tor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of indic?
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of indic?

References

  • indicator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • indicator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • indicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French indicateur.

Noun

indicator n (plural indicatori)

  1. indicator

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /indika?to?/, [?n?.d?i.ka?t?o?]

Noun

indicator m (plural indicatores)

  1. honeyguide

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