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antecedent[1,noun] antecedent[2,adjective]

Main Entry: ¹an·te·ced·ent
Pronunciation: ant--sd-nt
Function: noun
1 : a noun, pronoun, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun <in "the house that we live in," "house" is the antecedent of "that">
2 : an event or cause coming before something
3 plural : one's ancestors or parents

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