transcription, транскрипция: [ pri:dɪsesə(r), AM pred- ]
( predecessors)
1.
Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you.
He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam.
N-COUNT : usu poss N
2.
The predecessor of an object or machine is the object or machine that came before it in a sequence or process of development.
The car is some 40mm shorter than its predecessor.
= forerunner
N-COUNT : usu with poss