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Meaning of word antecedent from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).

Synonyms : ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root

A person considered as descended from some ancestor.

Meaning : A preceding occurrence or cause or event.

Meaning : Anything that precedes something similar in time.

Example : Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience.

Synonyms : forerunner

Meaning : The referent of an anaphor. A phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun.

Meaning : Preceding in time or order.

Following in time or order.

Subsequent developments.
subsequent

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

wear away (verb)
Cut away in small pieces.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

changeover (noun)
An event that results in a transformation.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.

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