1 [C] (formal) a thing or an event that exists or comes before another, and may have influenced it
2 (antecedents) [pl.] (formal) the people in sb's family who lived a long time ago
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3 [C] (grammar) a word or phrase to which the following word, especially a pronoun, refers:
In 'He grabbed the ball and threw it in the air', 'ball' is the antecedent of 'it'.
adjective (formal) previous:
antecedent events
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