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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

Antecedent meaning in Telugu.