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predecessor

/ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsɚ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
  3. A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

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