 antecedent |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a preceding occurrence or cause or event | |
| Related terms: | cause predate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent) | |
| Synonyms: | ancestor root ascendent ascendant | |
| Related terms: | descendant relative forefather foremother progenitor forebear ancestress | |
| 3. | [ noun ] anything that precedes something similar in time | |
| Synonyms: | forerunner | |
| Examples: | "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" |
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| Related terms: | temporal_relation | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] preceding in time or order | |
| Synonyms: | preceding | |
| Related terms: | subsequent anterior preexistent pre-existent ante anticipatory preceding | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (linguistics) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | |
| Related terms: | referent | |
| Similar spelling: |
antecedently antecede antecedency antecedence Aneides |
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