predecessingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpriːdᵻˌsɛsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpridəˌsɛsɪŋ/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, Latin dēcess- , dēcēdere , -ing suffix²; -ing suffix².

Etymology: Either < pre- prefix + classical Latin dēcess-, past participial stem of dēcēdere to depart, go away (see decease n.) + -ing suffix², or < predecess- (in predecessor n.) + -ing suffix². Compare later predecess v., predecessive adj., predecession n.

rare before 20th cent.

That is the predecessor of something or someone; preceding.

ΚΠ

1600 C. G. Minte of Deformities l. 188 Oh infamie vnto a souldiers name, Oh scandall to our predecessing worth.

1869 De Bow's Rev. Mar. 202 The era of chemistry..may be characterized by calling it the quantitative, in antithesis to the predecessing qualitative.

1971 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 68 1295/1 The reductive cleavage of 7a, like the predecessing conversion of 4 to 5b, was too erratic for practical use.

1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 31 Aug. 13 Misogynies, the celebrated, controversial, predecessing sister-book to her tussling, taut new polemic, Different for Girls.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	predecessing
释义	predecessingadj. Brit. /ˈpriːdᵻˌsɛsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpridəˌsɛsɪŋ/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, Latin dēcess- , dēcēdere , -ing suffix²; -ing suffix². Etymology: Either < pre- prefix + classical Latin dēcess-, past participial stem of dēcēdere to depart, go away (see decease n.) + -ing suffix², or < predecess- (in predecessor n.) + -ing suffix². Compare later predecess v., predecessive adj., predecession n. rare before 20th cent. That is the predecessor of something or someone; preceding. ΚΠ 1600 C. G. Minte of Deformities l. 188 Oh infamie vnto a souldiers name, Oh scandall to our predecessing worth. 1869 De Bow's Rev. Mar. 202 The era of chemistry..may be characterized by calling it the quantitative, in antithesis to the predecessing qualitative. 1971 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 68 1295/1 The reductive cleavage of 7a, like the predecessing conversion of 4 to 5b, was too erratic for practical use. 1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 31 Aug. 13 Misogynies, the celebrated, controversial, predecessing sister-book to her tussling, taut new polemic, Different for Girls. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1600
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