English to English adjective
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preceding in time or order | | source: wordnet30
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Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. | | source: webster1913 noun
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someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | | source: wordnet30
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a preceding occurrence or cause or event | | source: wordnet30
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anything that precedes something similar in time | | Example: phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
source: wordnet30
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the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | | source: wordnet30
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That which goes before in time; that which precedes. | | source: webster1913
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