antecedent
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(adjective) preceding in time or order |
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Synonyms: preceding |
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Antonyms: subsequent |
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(noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun |
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Related Words: referent |
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(noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event |
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Related Words: cause |
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(noun) anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" |
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Synonyms: forerunner |
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Related Words: temporal relation |
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(noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent) |
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Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent |
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Related Words: ancestress, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, relation, relative, sire |
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