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antecedent
/,æntɪ'sidənt/
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  1. noun
    someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

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    ancestor ascendant ascendent root
    type of:
    relative relation
  2. noun
    anything that precedes something similar in time
    "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"

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    forerunner
  3. noun
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
    type of:
    cause
  4. adjective
    preceding in time or order

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    preexisting anterior pre-existing pre-existent anticipatory preexistent prior prevenient
    Opposite:
    subsequent
  5. noun
    the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
    type of:
    referent
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