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predecessor meaning in Marathi

पूर्वाधिकारी

/ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsə(ɹ)/

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Canada/ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsɚ/

predecessor in Marathi: पूर्वाधिकारी. In English, predecessor means 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.

Marathi words for predecessor

पूर्वाधिकारी

English meaning of predecessor

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 Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.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

Full definition of predecessor

predecessor in a sentence

  • The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.

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Questions about predecessor in Marathi

What is the meaning of predecessor in Marathi?
Predecessor in Marathi is पूर्वाधिकारी.
predecessor चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Predecessor: पूर्वाधिकारी.
What does predecessor mean in English?
Predecessor means 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.

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Marathi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “predecessor”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: predecessor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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