antecedent
Adjective
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also: preceding - existing or coming beforesimilar to:
- anterior, prior - earlier in time
- anticipatory, prevenient - in anticipation
- pre-existent, pre-existing, preexistent, preexisting - existing previously or before something
Noun
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subtypes:
- ancestress - a woman ancestor
- forbear, forebear - a person from whom you are descended
- father, forefather, sire - the founder of a family
- foremother - a woman ancestor
- primogenitor, progenitor - an ancestor in the direct line
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is a type of: cause - events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
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is a type of: temporal relation - a relation involving timesame as: forerunner
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is a type of: referent - something referred to; the object of a reference
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