predecessor

Definition of predecessor in English English dictionary: A model or type of machinery or device which precedes current one
Steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.; 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; an incumbent of a given office previous to another; {n} one going before, an ancestor; {i} one who came before (in a job, etc.); ancestor, forefather; one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office); A predecessor is any task that is required to be scheduled before another task See also, Predecessor Definition; The entity that existed prior to a partial or total transfer of a business; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position; 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; The previous same level koutline cell with the same parent; A task that logically takes place before another task The predecessor task may have to be 100% complete before the next task starts, or may need to be a certain user-defined percentage complete before the next task starts, or may start concurrently with the next task; One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc; Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you. He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam; for two activities joined at a node, the predecessor is the one that precedes, and the successor is the one that follows; A transaction that causes another transaction to occur is the predecessor of the resulting transaction The following figure shows three transactions on three separate fibers and their predecessor/successor relationships Related transactions can be on the same fiber or different fibers See successor; An activity that must be completed (or be partially completed) before a specified activity can begin is called a predecessor The combination of all predecessor and successor relationships among the project activities forms a network This network can be analyzed to determine the critical path and other project scheduling implications; (Ticaret) A routing operation or project task that must be partially or completely finished before a later task can begin
predecessor organization: {i} organization that existed previously
predecessor.: antecessor
A predecessor: precessor
predecessors: plural of predecessor

predecessor

Hyphenation

pred·e·ces·sor

Turkish pronunciation

predısesır

Synonyms

comes before ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, former, precursor, previous, prior, prototype

Antonyms

successor, derivative, descendant

Pronunciation

/ˈpredəˌsesər/ /ˈprɛdəˌsɛsɜr/

Etymology

[ 'pre-d&-"se-s&r, 'prE- ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English predecessour, from Middle French predecesseur, from Late Latin praedecessor, from Latin prae- pre- + decessor retiring governor, from decedere to depart, retire from office; more at DECEASE.

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