eng: antecedent

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Meaning
means	(noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) root, ascendent, ancestor, ascendant, antecedent
means	(noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event antecedent
means	(noun) anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" antecedent, forerunner
means	(noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun antecedent
means	(adjective) preceding in time or order antecedent
means	e/Antecedent (genealogy)