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Antecedents

Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

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noun
  1. 1

    Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

  2. 2

    An ancestor.

  3. 3

    (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.

  4. 4

    The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p \rightarrow q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.

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