predecessor

prédécesseur

Personne qui occupait un emploi ou une fonction avant la personne actuelle.

En anglais simple : Someone who had a particular job or official position before the person who has it now.

• My predecessor left these notes.
• The new president changed her predecessor’s policies.
• Unlike his predecessor, the manager meets staff every week.

Contraires : successor

Expressions courantes : my predecessor, immediate predecessor, predecessor in office, his predecessor

prédécesseur, modèle précédent

Machine ou produit qui existait avant une version plus récente.

En anglais simple : An earlier machine or product that existed before a newer version.

• This phone is lighter than its predecessor.
• The machine’s predecessor used much more electricity.
• Several predecessors helped shape the design of the modern bicycle.

Comment l'utiliser : predecessor to something (This camera was the predecessor to our current model.)

Synonymes : forerunner

Contraires : successor

Expressions courantes : its predecessor, direct predecessor, predecessor to something