{
    "term": "predecessor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who did a job before somebody else",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "her immediate predecessor in the post"
                },
                {
                    "text": "my predecessor at the Ministry of Defence"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing, such as a machine, that has been followed or replaced by something else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This computer has a larger memory than its predecessor."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpriːdəsesə(r)/",
                "audio": "pr/predecessor/predecessor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpredəsesər/",
                "audio": "pr/predecessor/predecessor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin praedecessor, from Latin prae ‘beforehand’ + decessor ‘retiring officer’ (from decedere ‘depart’)."
}