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antecedent /ˌæntəˈsiːdənt/  

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  • noun
    plural -ents
    [count] grammar :a word or phrase that is represented by another word (such as a pronoun)
    John is the antecedent of the pronoun him in Mary saw John and thanked him.
    [count] formal :something that came before something else and may have influenced or caused it
    The events were antecedents of/to the war. [=the events helped to cause the war]
    the antecedents of rap music [=music that came before and influenced rap music]
    antecedents [plural] formal :the people in a family who lived in past times
    He is proud of his Scottish antecedents. [=(more commonly) ancestors]
    adjective
    formal :earlier in time
    These antecedent [=prior, previous] events affected the outcome of the war.