predecessor
/ˈprɛdəˌsɛsər/
noun
- A person who held a position or job before someone else.
- The new CEO learned a lot from her predecessor's mistakes.
- Each president builds on the work of their predecessors.
- My predecessor left detailed notes about the project.
- A thing that comes before another in time or in a series.
- The steam engine was the predecessor of modern trains.
- The old library building was the predecessor of the current one.
- This smartphone model is much faster than its predecessor.
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