āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
antecedent
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Antecedent
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻŋ
something that comes before another in time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Poor planning was the main antecedent of the project's failure.
āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ, āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ
a distant ancestor, typically earlier than a grandparent
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She traced her antecedents back to the 17th century.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻĻā§āĻ° ā§§ā§ āĻļāĻ¤āĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻŽā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§
a word, phrase, or clause that is mentioned prior to a pronoun or anaphoric expression and to which the pronoun or anaphor refers
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The antecedent of " they " is " the students. "
"they"-āĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ˛ā§ "the students"āĨ¤
antecedent
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Antecedent research provided the foundation for the new scientific discovery.
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
antecedent
antecede
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
