predecessor

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.