Antecedent (Noun)
Meaning 1
A preceding occurrence or cause or event.
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 2
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 3
The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 4
Anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience".
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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.