precursory

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: pre=cur=so=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

precursory, a. [L. praecursorius.].

 Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.  [1913 Webster]

precursory, n. 

 An introduction.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

precursory, adj. (also precursive)
1 preliminary, introductory.
2 (foll. by of) serving as a harbinger of.

Etymology

L praecursorius (as PRECURSOR)

THESAURUS

precursory

antecedent, anterior, augural, chief, exordial, first, foreboding, foregoing, foremost, forerunning, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foretokening, forewarning, heading, headmost, heavy with meaning, inaugural, indicative, initiatory, intuitive, leading, meaningful, monitory, portentous, precautional, precautionary, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursive, predictive, prefatory, prefigurative, preindicative, preliminary, preludial, prelusive, premonitory, preparatory, presageful, presaging, prevenient, prior, prodromal, prodromic, proemial, prognostic, prognosticative, propaedeutic, significant, warning

ROGET THESAURUS

precursory

Precedence

N precedence, coming before, the lead, le pas, superiority, importance, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precursor, priority, precession, anteposition, epacme, preference, preceding, precedent, antecedent, anterior, prior, before, former, foregoing, beforementioned, abovementioned, aforementioned, aforesaid, said, precursory, precursive, prevenient, preliminary, prefatory, introductory, prelusive, prelusory, proemial, preparatory, before, in advance, seniores priores, prior tempore prior jure.

Precursor

N precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor, forerunner, vancourier, avant-coureur, pioneer, prodrome, prodromos, prodromus, outrider, leader, bellwether, herald, harbinger, foreboding, dawn, avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare, forelooper, foreloper, stalking-horse, voorlooper, voortrekker, prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos, protasis, proemium, prolusion, proem, prolepsis, prolegomena, prefix, introduction, heading, frontispiece, groundwork, preparation, overture, exordium, symphony, premises, prefigurement, omen, precursory, prelusive, prelusory, preludious, proemial, introductory, prefatory, prodromous, inaugural, preliminary, precedent, a precedent embalms a principle.