ANTECEDENT

(noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
(noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event
(noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
synonyms : ancestor , ascendant , ascendent , root
(noun) anything that precedes something similar in time
"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
synonyms : forerunner
a simple machine that was the forerunner of today's computers -added by nithi
(adj.) preceding in time or order

Mnemonics for antecedent

(Tag: ) ante(before) + ced("to go"). root "ced" means "to go" .hence antecedent means "that which goes before"
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(Tag: ) Sounds like ante + events. Ante means before. So we can read the event before.
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