ANTECEDENT


Meaning of ANTECEDENT in English

n. 25B6; noun

her antecedents have been traced : ANCESTOR, forefather, forebear, progenitor, primogenitor; ( antecedents ) ancestry, family tree, lineage, genealogy, roots.

the guitar's antecedent : PRECURSOR, forerunner, predecessor.

descendant.

25B6; adjective antecedent events : PREVIOUS, earlier, prior, preceding, precursory; formal anterior.

subsequent.

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