antecedent
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/ˌæntɪˈsiːdnt/
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/ˌæntɪˈsiːdnt/
Something that happens or exists before another thing, possibly influencing it.
The storm was an antecedent to the flood.
嵐は洪水の前兆でした。
The people in a family who lived a long time ago.
She researched her antecedents to learn about her family history.
彼女は自分の祖先を研究して、自分の家系について学びました。
A word or phrase that a later word, especially a pronoun, refers to.
In the sentence 'He grabbed the ball and threw it in the air', 'ball' is the antecedent of 'it'.
文 '彼はボールをつかんで空中に投げた'では、「ボール」が「それ」の先行詞です。
Coming before in time; earlier.
The antecedent events led to the current situation.
以前の出来事が現在の状況を招きました。