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Meaning & Definition of Antecedent in English

English

Antecedent

/æntɛsədənt/

noun

1. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

synonym:
  • ancestor,
  • ascendant,
  • ascendent,
  • antecedent,
  • root

2. A preceding occurrence or cause or event

synonym:
  • antecedent

3. Anything that precedes something similar in time

  • "Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
synonym:
  • antecedent,
  • forerunner

4. The referent of an anaphor

  • A phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
synonym:
  • antecedent

adjective

1. Preceding in time or order

synonym:
  • antecedent