antecedent

antecedent is a valid 10-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does antecedent mean?

  • noun

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

  • noun

    anything that precedes something similar in time

  • noun

    a preceding occurrence or cause or event

  • adjective

    preceding in time or order

  • noun

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

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