predecessor

[ˈpredəsesər]

Definition:
1. One who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office).

Use 'predecessor' in a sentence:

1. Like its predecessor, this transformation can be extended.
2. But it owed more to Spaniards' rejection of his predecessor.
3. The new Prime Minister is an improvement on his predecessor.
4. The new leader wants to escape from the shadow of his predecessor.
5. This article both has to the predecessor research results model, and has own recent discovery.
6. The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation.
7. Doré had promised to change the demolitionist ways of his predecessor.
8. Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the glamour and star status of her predecessors.
9. For time-dependent networks such as transportation network, Predecessors have proposed many efficient path optimization algorithms.
10. You're even better than my last love, your predecessor, the S90.
11. Merker concluded he was Bakchon's predecessor.
12. Mr Obama has advantages that his predecessor never enjoyed.
13. Most of my predecessors have taken office in July.
14. The car is some 40mm shorter than its predecessor.
15. First, summarize the predecessors' research of the ancestor worship.
16. Future economic historians will probably regard Wim Duisenberg, his predecessor, more kindly than his contemporaries have done.
17. Though I'm still not keen on the design of the Kindle, it is a vast improvement on its predecessor and certainly tolerable.
18. Mr Howard's predecessor as home secretary was none other than Mr Clarke.
19. The Obama administration, unlike its predecessor, talks of ratifying the test-ban treaty.
20. Thus was born the predecessor of our WMO Executive Council.
21. Typically, each revision has a single predecessor or parent.
22. That word predecessor sounds like pre-deceased.
23. Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.
24. The second chapter is literature review which looks back the research of predecessors.
25. Like its predecessor, Kentucky Fried Chicken has its own secret recipe.
26. The constraint element has no intermediary predecessor.
27. The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.
28. Summarizes the research profile of predecessors on two each.
29. The modern nuclear family is a more specialized unit than its predecessor.
30. Although the car is some 2 inches shorter than its predecessor, its boot is 20 percent larger.
31. The new proposal is better than its predecessor.
32. But he also pledged to continue his predecessor's political course.
33. Missed “Twilight”, the predecessor of “New Moon”?
34. My predecessors set the course to modernize managerial and administrative procedures.
35. Ms Parker has had hard words for Bill White, her predecessor.
36. Compared with its predecessor, the G-8, the G-20 is a diverse group.
37. So could Mr Freer end up being as controversial as his famous predecessor?
38. This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
39. He's backing away from the policies and style of his predecessor.
40. It will share the fate of its predecessor.
41. He faced the same kind of problems as his predecessor.
42. It's about a relationship to predecessors who are seen as too similar.
43. He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor.
44. He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam.
45. The new governor is an improvement on his predecessor.
46. Their predecessors are getting things started, but they need all the help they can get.
47. He is seen as more business-minded than his predecessor.
48. The proposed constitution gives him much wider powers than his predecessor.
49. It would be unfair to suggest that he will be no more effective than his predecessors.
50. In 1964, Knight and Bowerman contributed $500 each to from Blue Ribbon Sports, the predecessor of Nike.
51. The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors.
52. He is cast in a different mould from his predecessor.
53. The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor.
54. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
55. His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome.