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- pronunciation:
- aen
t
si
dnt
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
occurring before; previous.
The invention of the radio was antecedent to the invention of the television.- synonyms:
- anterior, earlier, former, precedent, preceding, previous, prior
- antonyms:
- subsequent
- similar words:
- foregoing, precursory, preliminary
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| related words: |
early, leading |
(adj.)antecedent
+ noun
achievement,
behavior,
being,
belief,
category,
cause,
circumstance,
classroom,
clause,
command,
comparison,
complexity,
condition,
consequence,
disruption,
evaluation,
event,
goal,
influence,
intervention,
justice,
order,
outcome,
phase,
phrase,
principle,
probability,
proportion,
ratio,
reflexive,
response,
stimulus,
strategy,
task,
total
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an event, circumstance, or thing coming before another.
The cannon was an antecedent of the gun.- synonyms:
- forerunner, precursor
- antonyms:
- consequence
- similar words:
- harbinger, predecessor
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| definition 2: |
(pl.) ancestors; earlier life.
He was the first of his antecedents to go to college.- synonyms:
- ancestors, ancestresses, ancestry, family tree, forebears, forerunners, predecessors, progenitors
- similar words:
- fathers, forefathers, primogenitors
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| definition 3: |
in grammar, the word or word group to which a pronoun refers, as in "The women demanded their rights," in which "women" is the antecedent of "their."
The word "this" has no clear antecedent in this paragraph, so it's difficult to understand what it refers to.- synonyms:
- referent
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forerunner, precedent, primary |
adjective + (n.)antecedent
appropriate,
behavioral,
causal,
contextual,
cultural,
developmental,
direct,
experimental,
familial,
functional,
historical,
hypothesized,
immediate,
key,
later,
literary,
possible,
potential,
psychological,
relevant,
situational,
specific,
theoretical,
various
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verb + (n.)antecedent
conceptualize, examine, explore, figure, identify, model, study, target
(n.)antecedent
+ verb
increase, influence, precede, predict, refer, trace
noun + (n.)antecedent
analysis, connection, factor, knowledge, literature, regression, satisfaction, search, technique, understanding, variable
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| derivation: |
antecedently (adv.) |
The word antecedent
contains the following parts:
ante-
Latin
prefix
that means before
  Example words:
ancestry, antebellum, antecede, antecedent, antechamber, antedate, antediluvian, antepenult, antepenultimate, anterior, anteroom, anticipate
- synonyms:
- pro-2, pre-
- antonyms:
- post-
ced, ces, -ceed, -cede, -cess
Latin
root
that means to go; to go back or yield
Example words:
accede, access, accessible, ancestry, antecede, antecedent, cede, concede, exceed, excess, intercede, precede, precedent, procedure, proceed, process, procession, recede, recession, retrocede, secede, succeed, success
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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