English to English
adjective
- preceding in time or order
source: WordNet 3.0
- Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
source: WordNet 3.0
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
source: WordNet 3.0
- anything that precedes something similar in time
Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
source: WordNet 3.0
- That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [antísident] Náuna; una
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
