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antecedent
Meaning: an earlier event, condition, or thing from which something later develops
antecedent in a sentence
How antecedent is used in real sentences:
Historians traced the revolution's antecedents back to decades of unequal taxation policy.
The lawyer argued that the contract's antecedent, an earlier verbal agreement, should still bind both parties.
“That approach has an antecedent in Renaissance portraits, whose rooms and landscapes established an earlier practice from which later environmental portraiture developed.”
— from the passage The Speaking Ground
Synonyms for antecedent
Other words for antecedent — precursor, forerunner and predecessor — carry the same meaning.
- precursor
- forerunner
- predecessor
Antonyms of antecedent
Words that mean the opposite of antecedent:
- successor
- descendant
- sequel
Where it comes from
From Latin antecedere 'to go before'
Word parts
- ante — before, previous
antecedent: ante- (before) + ced (go) + -ent - ced/cess — go, yield
antecedent: ante- (before) + ced (go) + -ent
Memory hook
ANTE (before) + CEDE (go) — the thing that came before.
Practice antecedent in the app