形容词

名词

1. 前事；先例；前身
An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.

2. 先前的；早先的
An antecedent thing or event happened or existed before another related thing or event.

3. 祖先;先人;祖宗
Your antecedents are your ancestors.

1. the referent of an anaphor
a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

2. a preceding occurrence or cause or event

3. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Synonym: ancestorascendantascendentroot

4. anything that precedes something similar in time

e.g. phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience

Synonym: forerunner