See Also: tiao(dictionary)

predecessor (oh) and tiao (iou)


predecessor (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: predecesseur, from Late Latin, from Latin decedere 'to go away, leave your job']
someone who had your job before you started doing it
-opposite successor successor
::Kennedy's predecessor as president was the war hero Dwight Eisenhower.
a machine, system etc that existed before another one in a process of development
-opposite successor successor
::The new BMW has a more powerful engine than its predecessor.

tiao (iou)



tiao noun. Pl. same. L19.
[Chinese diao (Wade-Giles tiao).]
Hist. A string of Chinese cash or copper coins, nominally equivalent to 1000 cash, but varying locally.