antecedent
nouns
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
is derived from
is a type of (narrower)
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
"they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"
anything that precedes something similar in time
"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
adjectives
preceding in time or order
is similar to
existing previously or before something
"variations on pre-existent musical themes"
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