Antecedent - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌæntɪˈsiːdnt|
Brit.
|ˌæntɪˈsiːd(ə)nt|
noun
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (syn: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root)
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- anything that precedes something similar in time (syn: forerunner)
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- anything that precedes something similar in time (syn: forerunner)
phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronounadjective
- preceding in time or order
Extra examples
“John” is the antecedent of the pronoun “him” in “Mary saw John and thanked him.”
...what are the antecedents of the American Revolutionary War?...
...I'd like to follow up on an antecedent question from another reporter....
Even in dreams nothing is fancied without an antecedent quasi cause.
In the nominative and objective cases, what is never preceded by an antecedent.
Word forms
noun
singular: antecedent
plural: antecedents
singular: antecedent
plural: antecedents
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