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antecedent

/ˌæntəˈsiːdənt/

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noun

plural -ents

[count] grammar :a word or phrase that is represented by another word (such as a pronoun)

John is the antecedent of the pronoun him in Mary saw John and thanked him.

[count] formal :something that came before something else and may have influenced or caused it

The events were antecedents of/to the war. [=the events helped to cause the war]

the antecedents of rap music [=music that came before and influenced rap music]

antecedents [plural] formal :the people in a family who lived in past times

He is proud of his Scottish antecedents. [=(more commonly) ancestors]

adjective

formal :earlier in time

These antecedent [=prior, previous] events affected the outcome of the war.