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predecessor
English
Alternative forms
- prædecessor (archaic)
- prædecessour (obsolete, rare)
- predecessour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin praedecessor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?i?d?s?s?(?)/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?p?i?d?s?s?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??d.?.s?s.?/, /?p?i.d?.s?s.?/
Noun
predecessor (plural predecessors)
- One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
- A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
- The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex
Synonyms
- forerunner
- foreganger (archaic, rare)
Antonyms
- (one who precedes): successor
- (machinery or device which precedes): successor
Translations
Anagrams
- corepressed, reprocessed
Catalan
Noun
predecessor m (plural predecessors, feminine predecessora)
- predecessor
Further reading
- “predecessor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “predecessor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “predecessor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “predecessor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Noun
predecessor m (plural predecessores, feminine predecessora, feminine plural predecessoras)
- predecessor (something or someone who precedes)
- Synonym: antecessor
Adjective
predecessor m (feminine singular predecessora, masculine plural predecessores, feminine plural predecessoras, comparable)
- preceding (occurring before or in front of something else)
- Synonyms: antecessor, anterior
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omen
English
Etymology
From Latin ?men (“foreboding, omen”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???m?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o?m?n/
- Rhymes: -??m?n
Noun
omen (plural omens)
- Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- A thing of prophetic significance.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "omen": good, ill, bad, auspicious, evil, favorable, happy, lucky. The terms for a positive omen aren't used much negatively, and it's considered oxymoronic by some to use it positively.
Synonyms
- augury, auspice, forecast, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, hint, indication, oracle, portent, prediction, presage, prophecy, sign, signal, token, warning; danger sign, straw in the wind, (hand)writing on the wall; see also Thesaurus:omen
Related terms
- ominous
- abomination
Translations
Verb
omen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)
- (transitive) To be an omen of.
- (intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.
Synonyms
- prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage
See also
- augury
- foreboding
- portend
- portent
- stars are aligned
Further reading
- omen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- omen in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Emon, Mone, NEMO, Nome, meno-, meon, mone, nemo, nome
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin osmen, of uncertain ultimate origin. Ancient authors derived it from ?s (“mouth”). Recently it was by some referred to Proto-Indo-European *h?ew- (“to see, perceive”) (whence audi?) or to the source of Ancient Greek ?????? (oíomai, “I think, believe, suppose”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?o?.men/, [?o?m?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?o.men/, [???m?n]
Noun
?men n (genitive ?minis); third declension
- an omen
- Synonym: ?r?culum
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
- ?minor
- ?min?sus
Related terms
- praen?nti?
Descendants
- Dutch: omen
- English: omen
- German: Omen
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: omen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: omen
References
- omen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- omen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- omen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- omen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- omen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin omen
Noun
omen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen or omener or omina, definite plural omena or omenene or ominaene)
- an omen
References
- “omen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Latin omen.
Noun
omen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen, definite plural omena)
- an omen
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
omen m
- definite singular of om
References
- “omen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Portuguese
Noun
omen m
- Alternative form of ome
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