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Word: antecedent (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Earlier, either in time or order.

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Noun:

  • an ancestor
  • Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
  • grammar A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
  • logic The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition.

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