Definitions For Antecedent
noun
- The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- 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
- A word or phrase that is represented by another word (such as a pronoun)
- Something that came before something else and may have influenced or caused it
- The people in a family who lived in past times
- Earlier in time
adjective
- Preceding in time or order
Is Antecedents a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
17
The word Antecedent is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Antecedent in a Sentence
- “John” is the antecedent of the pronoun “him” in “Mary saw John and thanked him.”
- What are the antecedents of the American Revolutionary War?
- I'd like to follow up on an antecedent question from another reporter.