Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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antecedent | Yes | Yes | No | No |
ascendent | Yes | Yes | No | No |
antecedent (noun) | ascendent (noun) |
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the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
a preceding occurrence or cause or event | position or state of being dominant or in control |
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | |
anything that precedes something similar in time |
antecedent (adjective) | ascendent (adjective) |
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preceding in time or order | tending or directed upward |
most powerful or important or influential |