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nounsomeone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"nounanything that precedes something similar in time
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nouna preceding occurrence or cause or eventtype of:
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adjectivepreceding in time or orderOpposite:
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nounthe referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronountype of:
Definition that contains antecedent
- they The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
- suppose require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- reaction a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
- response a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
- determinism (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will
- deterministic an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes
- reflexivity the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent
- predetermination a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
- presuppose require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- synchronic concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents