Vocabulary
Predecessor
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a person who held a job or office before the current holder
Urdu meaning
پیشرو، سابقہ، پچھلے
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- His predecessor Richard Nixon did not think so.Exchanging views with Chairman Mao Zedong in February 1972, he said: `China doesn`t threaten the United States [and] the United States has no territorial designs on China.
- Majid Sahab, worked as Zubeida`s deputy and transitioned seamlessly into the role after her predecessor asked for retirement due to ill health.
- A team of senior monks used `visions, oracles, and identity tests to confirm him as an incarnation of his predecessor`.
- The newly rebranded National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, much like its predecessor, appears to be more focused on policing speech than addressing real cybercrime.
- Like his predecessor Barack Obama, Biden acted as a brake on Israel.
Synonyms
forerunner, precursor, antecedent
Antonyms
successor, descendant, derivative
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