DICTOMETER

TIDLIGERE (Norwegian for "antecedent")

(antecedent, earlier, foregoing, former, formerly, last, past, previous, previously, prior, antecedente, anterior, anteriormente, delante, pasada, previamente)

1. Synonyms:
   • Ancestor
   • Ascendant
   • Ascendent
   • Antecedent
   • Root
   Definitions:
   • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Antecedent
   Definitions:
   • a preceding occurrence or cause or event
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Antecedent
   • Forerunner
   Definitions:
   • anything that precedes something similar in time
   Examples:
   • Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Antecedent
   Definitions:
   • the referent of an anaphor
   • a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Antecedent
   Definitions:
   • preceding in time or order
   Antonyms:
   • SUBSEQUENT
   • attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent
   • later(prenominal), ulterior, posterior