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antecedent
noun(an-te-ced-ent)
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root,
antecedent
noun(an-te-ced-ent)
anything that precedes something similar in time
Synonyms: forerunner,
Examples:
Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience.
antecedent
noun(an-te-ced-ent)
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
antecedent
adjective(an-te-ced-ent)
preceding in time or order
Antonyms: subsequent,
antecedent
noun(an-te-ced-ent)
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

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