ANTECEDENT
Scrabble letter values: A1N1T1E1C3E1D2E1N1T1 = 13
Definition
- adjective preceding in time or order.
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent). — synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root
- noun a preceding occurrence or cause or event.
- noun anything that precedes something similar in time. — synonyms: forerunner
- noun the referent of an anaphor.
Examples
- “phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience”
- “a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun”
- “an antecedent cause”