Synonym: forerunner, leader. Antonym: successor. Similar words: successor, processor, intercessor, accessorize, oppressor, compressor, suppressor, precede. Meaning: ['predəsesər /'prɪːdɪsesə] n. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office).
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(121) It was amid turmoil that Hosni Mubarak became president when his predecessor Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981.
(122) Luciano's predecessor, Giuseppe Masseria, had welcomed non-Sicilians, including Neapolitan Al Capone, into his Mafia clan.
(123) Paul Cezanne, usually categorized as a Post-Impressionist, can be considered as their predecessor .
(124) Its predecessor is spread in Central Gansu Huanjiang County Daoqing Longdong zone.
(125) Her predecessor, Ricardo Lagos, was known on occasion to take the subway to work.
(126) Dubbed "His Accidency" by his detractors, John Tyler was the first Vice President to be elevated to the office of President by the death of his predecessor.
(127) The way of computing immediate predecessor (successor) of the new element is given, so the problem of constructing concept lattice is solved on condition that the attribute set is constant.
(127) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
(128) History of the GFS: The GFS began operating on 1st April 1993 immediately after the disbandment of its predecessor, the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force.
(129) These are words—intemperate, undiplomatic, and very likely counterproductive—that you cannot imagine being uttered by her predecessor Henry Kissinger.
(130) The present holder of the position is quite small beer compared with his predecessor.
(131) If Brown follows his predecessor to Tuscany or Barbados, he must dress with caution.
(132) Pre-sonata form is mainly the predecessor of classical sonata form in symphonies while baroque sonata form that of solo sonatas.
(133) It ends a 17-year wait for Russia, who first applied to join the organisation's predecessor - the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) - under President Boris Yeltsin.
(134) Now the Russians recognize that Obama will be very different from his know-nothing predecessor.
(135) Andre Lemieux's appointment had followed the abrupt departure of his predecessor.
(136) Obama's immediate predecessor, George W. Bush, a Republican, set a record for taking more vacation days than any other U.S. president.
(137) Hank Paulson, Blankfein's immediate predecessor, came from a banking background; but his predecessor, Jon Corzine, was a trader.
(138) The new president, Kgalema Motlanthe, may sound tougher than his ever - appeasing predecessor, Thabo Mbeki.
(139) Its predecessor is " China is built " semimonthly, abbreviation " in build " magazine (1947 spring publication) .
(140) Pricing was an immediate predecessor of the financial officers preparing the budget.
(141) He had received a strict military training and was determined to emulate the feats of his great predecessor Gustav II Vasa, known in Europe as Gustavus Adolphus (he reigned from 1611 to 1632).
(142) Wepoch technology, her predecessor was Shenzhen Anding industrial Corporation which found in 1993.
(143) Activity attributes include activity codes, predecessor activities, successor activities, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, imposed dates, constraints, and assumptions.
(144) Fox's predecessor, Ernesto Zedillo, teamed up with former Presidents from Brazil and Colombia to produce a report last year calling for the decriminalization of marijuana.
(145) Our new supervisor is clever in matters in which his predecessor was maladroit.
(146) It was the home to the League of Nations , the predecessor of the United Nations.
(147) Sea of cacique field and its " predecessor " has hundreds of meters space only in cloth.
(148) Lee's immediate predecessor, Roh Moo-hyun, who promised to undertake billions of dollars worth of projects in the North with no strings attached .
(149) Former President George W. Bush didn't come close to making the final cut, while his predecessor in the Oval Office, Bill Clinton, ranks 31st, ahead of a number of sitting heads of government.
(150) He is seen as more interventionist and vocal on monetary policy than his predecessor Hirohisa Fujii, who mostly took a hands-off approach. Fujii stepped down last week for health problems.
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