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ANTECEDENT

Definition:

[noun] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root
[noun] a preceding occurrence or cause or event
[noun] anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
Synonyms: forerunner
[noun] the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
[adjective] preceding in time or order
Synonyms: preceding