predecessors
USPRED-uh-ses-urz/ˈpɹɛd.ə.sɛs.ɚz/UKPREE-di-ses-uhz/ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsə(ɹ)z/
- 1Plural of predecessor. Use it for more than one person or thing that came before someone or something else.
Her predecessors had left the company in a difficult situation.
The new mayor thanked her predecessors for their hard work.
Note
predecessors is a form of predecessor
predecessor, noun: The person who held a job or position before the one who came after. Full entry
- Forms
- predecessorpredecessors plural
- Spelling
- predecessor → predecessors: add -s
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