Antecedent flashcard sets

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antecedent definitions
# Definition Sets
1a preceding occurrence or cause or event35 sets
2the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun31 sets
3one that precedes another31 sets
4the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers20 sets
5a previous thing or event; a predecessor20 sets
6something that came before18 sets
7someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it18 sets
8the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.17 sets
9n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.17 sets
10coming before in place or time16 sets
11a thing or event that precedes16 sets
12the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers.14 sets
13something that comes before13 sets
14going before in time11 sets
15every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun11 sets
16a thing or event that precedes another11 sets
17prior11 sets
18the noun to which a later pronoun refers10 sets
19preceding; prior10 sets
20preceding a cause9 sets
21(n.) something that came before (the great tradition of western culture had its ___ in the culture of ancient greece.9 sets
22anything that logically goes before something else9 sets
23n. something that exists before another8 sets
24going before7 sets
25a preceding circumstance, event, occurrence or phenomenon7 sets
26one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.7 sets
27going before; preceding7 sets
28preceding in time or order7 sets
29the noun to which a later pronoun refers.7 sets
30a previous thing or event, a predecessor7 sets
31word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun7 sets
32the noun to which a pronoun refers7 sets
33the word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to.6 sets
34antecedente6 sets
35a preceding occurrence or cause; preceding in time or order6 sets
36the word that the pronoun replaces6 sets
37(n.) something that came before (the great tradition of western culture had its antecedent in the culture of ancient greece6 sets
38the noun that a pronoun replaces6 sets
39that which goes before something else6 sets
40preceding5 sets