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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   antecedent

   • IPA[ˌan(t)əˈsēd(ə)nt]

   美式

   • n.
     a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another；a person's ancestors or family and social background
   • adj.
     preceding in time or order; previous or preexisting；denoting a grammatical antecedent.

   • noun: antecedent, plural noun: antecedents

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another some antecedents to the African novel might exist in Africa's oral traditions 同義詞 precursor, forerunner, predecessor
   • ▪ a person's ancestors or family and social background her early life and antecedents have been traced 同義詞 ancestor, forefather, forebear, predecessor, progenitor, ... 更多family, family tree, stock, ancestry, descent, genealogy, roots, extraction, birth, history, past, background, record, rarefiliation, stirps反義詞 descendant
   • ▪ a word, phrase, clause, or sentence to which another word (especially a following relative pronoun) refers.
   • ▪ the statement contained in the “if” clause of a conditional proposition.
   • ▪ the first term in a ratio.

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. preceding in time or order; previous or preexisting the antecedent events that prompt you to break a diet
   • ▪ denoting a grammatical antecedent.
3. • 更多解釋

   antecedent

   • IPA[ˌantɪˈsiːd(ə)nt]

   英式

   • n.
     a thing that existed before or logically precedes another: some antecedents to the African novel might exist in Africa's oral traditions
   • adj.
     preceding in time or order; previous or pre-existing: antecedent events

   Oxford Dictionary