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Antecedence
Meaning
Noun
●
The relationship of
preceding
something
in time
or order.
●
That which
precedes
something or someone (e.g.
prior
events
,
origin
, ancestry).
●
The
length
of time by
which one
event
or
time period
precedes
another.
●
In Grammar:
The relationship between a
pronoun
and its antecedent.
●
In Geology:
A
geologic
process that
explains
how and why
antecedent
rivers
can
cut through
mountain
systems
instead of
going around
them.
●
In Astronomy:
An
apparent
motion
of a
planet
toward the west.
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Wiktionary
Synonyms
Precedence
Priority
Anteriority
Retrogradation
Antecedency
Antonyms
Subsequence
Posteriority
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