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Translate antecedent from English to Dutch

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antecedent:
- antecedent
Wiktionary:
- antecedent → antecedent, voorouder, voorafgaande
- antecedent → voorafgaand, vroeger
- antecedent → verleden, voorafgaand, voorgaand, vorig, vroeger

English

Detailed Translations for antecedent from English to Dutch

antecedent:

antecedent [the ~] noun

the antecedent
het antecedent
- antecedent [het ~] noun

Translation Matrix for antecedent:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
antecedent	antecedent
-	ancestor; ascendant; ascendent; forerunner; root

Related Words for "antecedent":

antecedents

Synonyms for "antecedent":

preceding; anterior; prior; anticipatory; prevenient; preexistent; pre-existent; preexisting; pre-existing
ancestor; ascendant; ascendent; root; relative; relation
cause
forerunner; temporal relation
referent

Antonyms for "antecedent":

subsequent; descendant

Related Definitions for "antecedent":

preceding in time or order¹
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun¹
a preceding occurrence or cause or event¹
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)¹
anything that precedes something similar in time¹
- phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience¹

Wiktionary Translations for antecedent:

antecedent

noun

conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
- antecedent → antecedent
word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
- antecedent → antecedent
ancestor
- antecedent → voorouder
any thing that precedes another thing
- antecedent → antecedent; voorafgaande

adjective

earlier in time or order
- antecedent → voorafgaand; vroeger

antecedent

noun

de naam voor het woord waarnaar een ander woord, meestal een betrekkelijk voornaamwoord, verwijst
- antecedent → antecedent

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• antecedent	→ verleden; voorafgaand; voorgaand; vorig; vroeger	↔ précédent — Qui précéder, qui est immédiatement avant, en parlant ordinairement par rapport au temps.

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