antecedent
2
7.4
- noun
- /ˌæn.tɪˈsiː.dənt/
:
antepasado
- Jones's antecedents had owned slaves; they had decimated the peoples of ancient America from the sixteenth century onwards.
Examples
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One very plausible set of historical antecedents for the seven seals is the following.
Academic text (2001) -
Representing a different physical type from that of their African antecedents, they were distinctly set apart by their color, and sometimes their class.
Academic text (1994) -
There is an interesting antecedent in European history of the modern songbird.
Academic text (1998) -
You look up the antecedents of the passengers.
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Such forces have risen periodically throughout the history of the United States and have their antecedents in 17th- and 18th-century England.
Academic text (2011) -
It is the custom here after a man have served his term as a guest of his Majesty, never to inquire into his antecedents.
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"And with that, she proceeded to bring me up to speed on Cousin Victoria Bowman Randall Smith Chasen, her antecedents and her heirs."
Fiction book (1999) -
Strangely, our opposite antecedents had produced similar characteristics: dark, dramatic features; feuding families; a tendency towards careless behavior; insanity; guilt.
Fiction book (2002) -
In 1905, when the city's socialists founded the Partido Operario do Rio Grande do Sul, they modeled it on German antecedents.
Academic text (2000) -
My family has done extensive research on our antecedents to learn more about our heritage.
Synonyms
419
2.4
A person in your family who lived long ago before your grandparents
71
2.0
A man who is the father of your grandparent
35
5.1
A person from older generations who helped start your family or its traditions
15
2.3
A person who is the parent of your grandparent
12
8.2
An early ancestor who starts a family line or idea
1
8.9
A family member who lived before you, for example a grandparent
1
8.4
A woman in your family who lived many generations ago
1
7.9
A person in your family who lived many generations before you
1
9.3
A person in your family from long ago, like a grandparent
An ancestor in your family from earlier times
A person in your family from an earlier time, for example a parent
An early relative in the direct family line, like a great-grandparent
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A protein in blood that helps it to clot and whose lack causes heavy bleeding
How Distant
Surface Forms
Morphology
antecedent = antecede (opaque) = ante + ced + ent
Forming the adjective/noun by adding the productive suffix '-ent' to the verb 'antecede' is a regular derivational step.
Etymology
Antecedent comes from the Latin parts ante- 'before' and cedere 'to go'. So an antecedent in a family is someone who 'went before' you, in other words an ancestor.