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1. Oxford Dictionary

   antecedent

   • IPA[ˌantɪˈsiːd(ə)nt]

   英式

   • n.
     a thing that existed before or logically precedes another；a person's ancestors or family and social background
   • adj.
     preceding in time or order; previous or pre-existing；denoting or counting as an antecedent.

   • noun: antecedent, plural noun: antecedents

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a thing that existed before or logically precedes another some antecedents to the African novel might exist in Africa's oral traditions 同義詞 precursor, forerunner, predecessor
   • 2. a person's ancestors or family and social background her early life and antecedents have been traced 同義詞 ancestor, forefather, forebear, predecessor, progenitor, ... 更多family, family tree, stock, ancestry, descent, genealogy, roots, extraction, birth, history, past, background, record, rarefiliation, stirps反義詞 descendant
   • 3. an earlier word, phrase, or clause to which another word (especially a following relative pronoun) refers back.
   • 4. the statement contained in the ‘if’ clause of a conditional proposition.

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. preceding in time or order; previous or pre-existing antecedent events
   • 2. denoting or counting as an antecedent.