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(Entry 1 of 2)
going before another in time or order
- I'd like to follow up on an antecedent question from another reporter
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antecedent
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of antecedent (Entry 2 of 2)
1
someone or something responsible for a result
- what are the antecedents of the American Revolutionary War?
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2
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
- the typewriter is the antecedent of the computer keyboard
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- ancestor,
- archetype,
- daddy,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- granddaddy
- (also grandaddy),
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- prototype
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- descendant
- (also descendent)
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The first known use of antecedent was in the 15th century
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