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How to pronounce “predecessor”
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Pronunciation guide for predecessor
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of predecessor with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Community Health Counts
And I think that's when my predecessor, Dr. Steve Whitman,
- Definition summary
- 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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How to pronounce predecessor
Community Health Counts

And I think that's when my predecessor, Dr. Steve Whitman,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “predecessor”
Meaning
- [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.
- A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
- (mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex
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