Meaning & use
precursory
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Coming before something else and serving as a sign or indication of what is to follow; preliminary.
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The mild tremors were precursory signs of the larger earthquake that followed.
Her early sketches were precursory studies for the finished painting.
A note on using this word
Related to "precursor," both derive from Latin "praecurrere," meaning "to run before."
Words with a similar meaning
preliminarypreceding
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Words with an opposite meaning
subsequentresultant
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