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antecedent

(,/&/nt/I/'s/i/d/-/nt )

preceding in time or order(adj.all)

Antonym:
subsequent

source: wordnet30
Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.(adjective)

source: webster1913

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

Synonym:
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root
Antonym:
descendant, descendent

source: wordnet30
a preceding occurrence or cause or event(noun.event)

source: wordnet30
anything that precedes something similar in time(noun.linkdef)

Example:
Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience.

Synonym:
forerunner

source: wordnet30
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
That which goes before in time; that which precedes.(noun)

source: webster1913

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