English noun: antecedent |
1. | antecedent (person) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
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| Synonyms | ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root |
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| Broader (hypernym) | relation, relative |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ancestress, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, sire |
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| Antonyms | descendant, descendent |
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2. | antecedent (event) a preceding occurrence or cause or event |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cause |
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3. | antecedent anything that precedes something similar in time |
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| Samples | Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience.
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| Synonyms | forerunner |
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| Broader (hypernym) | temporal relation |
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4. | antecedent (communication) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun |
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| Broader (hypernym) | referent |
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