Definition of antecedent

	Definition of antecedent has definitions from the field of linguistics
1	[ noun ] a preceding occurrence or cause or event Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...) The antecedents of Dipylon vases and of the Iliad lie_in the Aegean past . Related terms cause predate
2	[ noun ] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent) Synonyms ancestor root ascendent ascendant Used in print (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...) The chief literary antecedents of the Snopes clan appeared in the realistic , humorous writing which originated_in the South and the Southwest in the three decades before the Civil_War . Related terms descendant relative forefather foremother progenitor forebear ancestress
3	[ noun ] anything that precedes something similar in time Synonyms forerunner Examples "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" Related terms temporal_relation
4	[ adjective ] preceding in time or order Synonyms preceding Related terms subsequent anterior preexistent pre-existent ante anticipatory preceding
5	[ noun ] (linguistics) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun Related terms referent
*	Rhymes with decedent antioxidant accident coincident incident oxidant decadent nonresident precedent participant evident dissonant impediment sediment excellent precedent crescent sealant nascent luminescent intransigent coincident obsolescent fluorescent magnificent depressant adolescent incident incandescent antidepressant suppressant self-confident reticent consonant effervescent evanescent decedent iridescent insolent confident convalescent resident president innocent complacent conversant complaisant adjacent testament pendant stuyvesant verdant decent docent recent disobedient indolent antioxidant oxidant expedient condiment reminiscent prescient accident obedient adamant ingredient extant celebrant development decongestant contestant redevelopment underdevelopment descendent descendant pertinent impertinent correspondent dependent respondent independent resplendent defendant discordant superintendent attendant despondent interdependent corespondent resurgent prescient magnificent indolent redundant abundant relevant malevolent sentiment resonant tenement prevalent benevolent preeminent experiment irrelevant provident quiescent resident overconfident student president persistent insistent self-consistent consistent inconsistent resistant assistant disinvestment settlement reassessment consequent sequent commencement investment apportionment impressment exigent seafront assessment resettlement eloquent reapportionment basement indecent embezzlement emigrant reagent concealment subsequent embarrassment mordant strident trident abstinent militant sentiment distant omnipotent impediment translucent indecent sediment decent recent resurgent trident absent ardent shipment elegant arrogant elephant element eminent student treatment semipermanent petulant reliant intelligent permanent assailant placement determinant regiment incessant condiment adamant protestant maltreatment hesitant mistreatment participant self-consistent persistent consultant nonexistent exigent assistant resistant irritant inconsistent existent insistent consistent displacement debasement defiant Phonetic and Homophones AE2 N T IH0 S IY1 D AH0 N T AE2 N T EH1 S AH0 D AH0 N T Similar Spelling antecedently antecede antecedency antecedence Aneides To share this definition click "text" (Facebook, Twitter) or "link" (blog, mail) then paste text link
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