Meanings
adjectiveprecursory (not comparable)
- not comparableBeing or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
precursory symptoms of a fever
Synonyms: introductory, preambulatory, precursive, prodromous, preliminary
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBeing or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivewarning of future misfortune
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Origin
- Latinpraecursor
- Englishprecursory
From Latin praecursor.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian предшестващ
- предшестващ (predšestvašt)relating to events that will follow
French précurseur
- précurseurrelating to events that will follow
Portuguese precursor
- precursorrelating to events that will follow
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precursory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precursory
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“precursory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precursory. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precursory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precursory.
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