| ADJECTIVE | all | antecedent | preceding in time or order |
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| NOUN | person | antecedent, ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
| event | antecedent | a preceding occurrence or cause or event | |
| relation | antecedent, forerunner | anything that precedes something similar in time | |
| communication | antecedent | the referent of an anaphor |
| Sounds | ae.nteh'sahdahnt; ae.ntihsiy'dahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 662 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | preceding in time or order. | |
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| Narrower | anterior, prior | Earlier in time |
| anticipatory, prevenient | In anticipation | |
| preexistent, pre-existent, preexisting, pre-existing | Existing previously or before something | |
| See also | preceding | Existing or coming before |
| Opposite | subsequent | Following in time or order |
| Catalan | previ | |
| Spanish | previo | |
| Nouns | antecedence, antecedency | preceding in time |
| antecedent | the referent of an anaphor | |
| antecedent | a preceding occurrence or cause or event | |
| antecedent | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | |
| antecedent | anything that precedes something similar in time | |
| Adverbs | antecedently | at an earlier time or formerly |
| Meaning | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent). | |
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| Synonyms | ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root | |
| Narrower | ancestress | A woman ancestor |
| forebear, forbear | A person from whom you are descended | |
| forefather, father, sire | The founder of a family | |
| foremother | A woman ancestor | |
| progenitor, primogenitor | An ancestor in the direct line | |
| Broader | relative, relation | A person related by blood or marriage |
| Opposite | descendant, descendent | A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race |
| Catalan | avantpassat | |
| Spanish | antepasado | |
| Adjectives | antecedent | preceding in time or order |
| Meaning | A preceding occurrence or cause or event. | |
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| Broader | cause | events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something |
| Catalan | antecedent | |
| Spanish | antecedente | |
| Adjectives | antecedent | preceding in time or order |
| Verbs | antecede | be earlier in time |
| Meaning | Anything that precedes something similar in time. | |
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| Example | "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" | |
| Synonym | forerunner | |
| Broader | temporal relation | A relation involving time |
| Spanish | antecedente | |
| Adjectives | antecedent | preceding in time or order |
| Meaning | The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun. | |
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| Broader | referent | Something referred to |
| Catalan | antecedent | |
| Spanish | antecedente | |
| Adjectives | antecedent | preceding in time or order |