Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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forefather | Yes | No | No | No |
antecedent | Yes | Yes | No | No |
forefather (noun) | antecedent (noun) |
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the founder of a family | the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun |
person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group | a preceding occurrence or cause or event |
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | |
anything that precedes something similar in time |
forefather (adjective) | antecedent (adjective) |
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preceding in time or order |