antecedent

• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
• a preceding occurrence or cause or event
• anything that precedes something similar in time
• the referent of an anaphor
• preceding in time or order
• Going before in time
• Presumptive
• That which goes before in time
• One who precedes or goes in front
• The earlier events of one´s life
• The noun to which a relative refers
• The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
• The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism
• The first of the two terms of a ratio

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