Type and usage of antecedent from BoostVocab

antecedent

/,æntɪ'sidənt/

noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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Similar:

ancestor ascendant ascendent root

type of:
relative relation
noun
anything that precedes something similar in time
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"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"

Similar:

forerunner

type of:
temporal relation
noun
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
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type of:
cause
adjective
preceding in time or order
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Similar:

preexisting anterior pre-existing pre-existent anticipatory preexistent prior prevenient

Opposite:

subsequent
noun
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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type of:
referent

Examples of antecedent

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