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Translate antecedent from English to German

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antecedent:
- Bezugswort
Wiktionary:
- antecedent → Bezugswort
- antecedent → vorausgehend, früher
- antecedent → Bezugswort, vorig, Vorder-, vordere, vorherig, vorhergehend, vorangegangen

English

Detailed Translations for antecedent from English to German

antecedent:

antecedent [the ~] noun

the antecedent
Bezugswort
- Bezugswort [das ~] noun

Translation Matrix for antecedent:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Bezugswort	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

word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
- antecedent → Bezugswort

adjective

earlier in time or order
- antecedent → vorausgehend; früher

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• antecedent	→ Bezugswort	↔ antecedent — de naam voor het woord waarnaar een ander woord, meestal een betrekkelijk voornaamwoord, verwijst
• antecedent	→ vorig; Vorder-; vordere; vorherig; vorhergehend; vorangegangen	↔ précédent — Qui précéder, qui est immédiatement avant, en parlant ordinairement par rapport au temps.

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