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antecedent
/ˌænˈtɛsədənt/ · 10 letters · 6 distinct letters
- noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- noun
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- noun
anything that precedes something similar in time
phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
- noun
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- adjective
preceding in time or order