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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: , present participle of antecedere, from ante- ( ANTE-) + cedere 'to go']
formal an event, organization, or thing that is similar to the one you have mentioned but existed earlier
::historical antecedents
antecedents [plural] formal the people in your family who lived a long time ago
-synonym ancestors ancestors
technical a word, phrase, or sentence that is represented by another word, for example a pronoun
-- antecedent adj