Engelsk navneord: antecedent |
1. | antecedent (om person) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | relation, relative |
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| Mere specifikke termer | ancestress, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, sire |
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| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | descendant, descendent |
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2. | antecedent (om begivenhed) a preceding occurrence or cause or event |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | cause |
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3. | antecedent anything that precedes something similar in time |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience.
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | forerunner |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | temporal relation |
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4. | antecedent (om kommunikation) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | referent |
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