antecedents
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antecedents noun
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- An ancestor.
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
- The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p \rightarrow q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
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ascendantascendentforebearforefatherforerunnerpredecessorprogenitorprecedentprecursorpriorprecedingpreexistentprevenientanticipatoryanteancestoranteriorancestors
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