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Synonyms for precursory


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pri-kur-suh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈkɜr sə ri

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Définition of precursory

  • As in introductory : adj preliminary, first
  • As in preceding : adj earlier, above
  • As in preliminary : adj introductory, initial
  • As in prolegomenous : adj preliminary
  • As in prolegomenous : adj introductory
  • As in antecedent : adj prior
Example sentences :
  • Scrofula is only too often a precursory stage of tuberculosis.
  • Extract from : « Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated » by Max Birnbaum
  • The inventory of precursory types sees nothing but organic resemblances and disdains the differences of aptitude.
  • Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre
  • And is not this a fresh instalment, or a precursory adumbration, of that Truth into which the Paraclete should lead?
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers
  • Brutandor dropped his head, and there are reasons for belief that the precursory symptoms of a smile appeared in his face.
  • Extract from : « Maximina » by Armando Palacio Valds
  • Precursory notes on American insectivorous mammals, with descriptions of new species.
  • Extract from : « Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico » by J. Knox Jones, Jr.
  • Tassis was despatched as chief of a legation, precursory to a more stately embassy to be confided to the Duke of Frias.
  • Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1600-09, Vol. IV. Complete » by John Lothrop Motley
  • The moon was overcast, and the atmosphere stifling and oppressive, precursory of a thunderstorm.
  • Extract from : « The Count's Chauffeur » by William Le Queux
  • So does a long vowel before r and another consonant, as in 'precursory'.
  • Extract from : « Society for Pure English Tract 4 » by John Sargeaunt
  • Pigmentation, of a yellowish or brownish color, is often a precursory and accompanying symptom.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • As has been mentioned before, it does not as a rule attend the precursory symptoms.
  • Extract from : « Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated » by Max Birnbaum

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