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

antecedent noun

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.

descendant, descendent

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.

antecedent adjective

Meaning : Preceding in time or order.

Following in time or order.

Subsequent developments.
subsequent

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Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

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Produce buds, branches, or germinate.

palatalised (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

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Destroy completely.

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Any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action.

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An activity that is diverting and that holds the attention.

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