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Detailed Translations for antecedent from English to German

antecedent:

antecedent [the ~] nom

  1. the antecedent
    Bezugswort

Translation Matrix for antecedent:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Bezugswort antecedent
- ancestor; ascendant; ascendent; forerunner; root

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Related Definitions for "antecedent":

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

Wiktionary Translations for antecedent:

antecedent
noun
  1. word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
adjective
  1. earlier in time or order

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
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.