Antecedent Meaning

There are 5 meaning(s) for word Antecedent

Meaning 1 : someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

    Synonyms : ancestor,  ascendant,  ascendent,  root
Meaning 2 : anything that precedes something similar in time

    Example : phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience

    Synonyms : forerunner
Meaning 3 : a preceding occurrence or cause or event

Meaning 4 : preceding in time or order

Meaning 5 : the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

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