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Definitions of antecedent
  1. noun
    someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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  2. noun
    anything that precedes something similar in time
    "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"

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  3. noun
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
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  4. adjective
    preceding in time or order
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  5. noun
    the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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Examples of antecedent
  • "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
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