antecedent
名词 antecedent:
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
同义词:ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
anything that precedes something similar in time
同义词:forerunner
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
形容词 antecedent:
preceding in time or order
同义词:preceding