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precursory

 
Dictionary: pre·cur·so·ry   (prĭ-kûr'sə-rē) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Preceding or preliminary; introductory: a precursory statement.
  2. Suggesting or indicating something to follow.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: warning of future misfortune
  Synonym: premonitory


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forudgående indledende

Nederlands (Dutch)
als voorloper fungerend, aanleiding vormend

Français (French)
adj. - préalable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vorhergehend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - προκαταρκτικός, προεισαγωγικός

Italiano (Italian)
precursore, introduttivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - precursor

Русский (Russian)
предшествующий, предварительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - preliminar, precursorio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förebådande, inledande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
先驱的, 作预备的, 前兆的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 先驅的, 作預備的, 前兆的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 선구의, 선봉의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 先駆の, 前兆の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بشيري, نذيري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מכין, מבשר, מקדים‬


 
 
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