Precursor

What do we mean by precursor?

One that precedes and indicates, suggests, or announces someone or something to come. noun

One that precedes another; a forerunner or predecessor. noun

A biochemical substance, such as an intermediate compound in a chain of enzymatic reactions, from which a more stable or definitive product is formed. noun

A forerunner; also, that which precedes an event and indicates its approach. noun

Synonyms Predecessor, herald, omen, sign. noun

Specifically, in the history of the fine arts, an early artist of a school or period, or an artist who preceded such a school or period. The precursors of the Renaissance in Italy are the sculptors and painters of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. such as Niccola Pisano, Giotto, etc. noun

One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger. noun

That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events. noun

One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound. noun

Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone noun

A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) noun

A person who goes before or announces the coming of another noun

That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.

One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

Words that are spelled similarly to precursor:
precursor, precursory, precessor, precursors, precurse, precurrer, precensor, recurso, precursore, recursos.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word precursor:
cleaved, peptide, biosynthesis, molecule, rna, cleavage, dopamine, synthesized, amino, regulate, synthesis, disturbance, compounds, chemicals, protein, acids, acid, vitamin, mature, molecular, enzyme, pathway, chloride, cells, derivatives, ion, molecules, ions, app, rainfall, biology, expression, proteins, compound, manufacture, gene, membrane, cell, reaction, organic, modern, chemical, prepared, comics, intermediate, genre, tropical, wave, function.

Words that rhyme with precursor:
mercer, cursor, bursar, purser, worser, curser, reverser, terser, versor, nurser, verser, coerce her, curse her, disperse her, immerse her, nurse her, per sir, purse her, rehearse her, reimburse her, reverse her, sir sir, vers sur, verse her, were sir, worse her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe precursor:
immediate, common, necessary, important, direct, inactive, possible, major, essential, early, single, acid, true, sure, natural, larger, soluble, molecular, amyloid, frequent, biosynthetic, significant, putative, earliest, likely, probable, potential, evolutionary, primitive, key, usual, obvious, principal, worthy, active, suitable, literary, clear, interesting, intellectual, century, chain, logical, organic, inevitable, liquid, dietary, biological, appropriate, useful, cartilaginous, ribosomal, cell, labelled, physiological, bovine, nuclear, amorphous, like, elastic, developmental, distant, recognizable, efficient, lipotropin, embryonic, invariable, intracellular, obligatory, synthetic, biochemical.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective precursor:
product, all, cells, leukemia, protein, ion, relationship, gelatin, uptake, support, relationships, gelatins, fibers, rna, successor, acid, leukaemia, leukemias, route, incorporation, model, molecules, acids, ppv, dna, cell, proteins, complex, material, kinetics, ratio, pool, mrna, type.

Consonant match to precursor:
precoce.

Words that sound like precursor:
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