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PRECURSORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does precursory mean?
• PRECURSORY (adjective)
The adjective PRECURSORY has 1 sense:
1. warning of future misfortune
Familiarity information: PRECURSORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Warning of future misfortune
Synonyms:
precursory; premonitory
Similar:
prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)
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