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antecedence (an" ti SEED ns) (noun)
The act or state of going before in time; precedence; priority in time, pre-existence: In any chronology, everything has antecedence (precedence) over something else.
antecedents (ant" uh SEED uhnts) (noun)
The history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life; ancestors, forefathers: Isaac's antecedents were all pioneers.
One of Shelly's antecedents on her father’s side of the family attempted to write a chronology of the family, making sure that the antecedence of events was in the correct order.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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1. Something that happens or exists before something else.
2. A word or phrase that a subsequent word refers to; such as, "Joe" is the antecedent of "him" as in the sentence: "We will give this to Joe if we see him."
3. Someone's ancestors.
4. A personal history of someone; such as, the events or circumstances in a person's past: "She has done very well for herself, considering what is known about her antecedents."
2. A word or phrase that a subsequent word refers to; such as, "Joe" is the antecedent of "him" as in the sentence: "We will give this to Joe if we see him."
3. Someone's ancestors.
4. A personal history of someone; such as, the events or circumstances in a person's past: "She has done very well for herself, considering what is known about her antecedents."
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ante-, ant-
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-cede, -ceed, -cess, -cease
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