antecedent

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I - noun

1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root
• Ant:
descendant (for: ancestor)
• Derivationally related forms:
ancestral (for: ancestor)
• Hypernyms:
relative, relation
• Hyponyms:
ancestress, forebear, forbear, forefather, father,
sire, foremother, progenitor, primogenitor
2. a preceding occurrence or cause or event (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
antecede
• Hypernyms:
cause
3. anything that precedes something similar in time
- phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
• Syn:
forerunner
• Hypernyms:
temporal relation
4. the referent of an anaphor;
a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
• Hypernyms:
referent

II - adjective

preceding in time or order
• Ant:
subsequent
• Similar to:
anterior, prior, anticipatory, prevenient, preexistent,
pre-existent, preexisting, pre-existing
• See Also:
preceding
• Derivationally related forms:
antecedency, antecedence

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  forerunner, ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  subsequent, descendant, descendent