ANTECEDENT in a Sentence
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10 example sentences for ANTECEDENT, such as:
1. That was antecedent to this event.
2. Those are the antecedents, and the culmination.
3. Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.
4. The first difficulty which we had to contend with was the finding of this American's antecedents.
5. The invention of the radiotelegraph should antecede the development of television by a quarter of a century.
2. Those are the antecedents, and the culmination.
3. Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.
4. The first difficulty which we had to contend with was the finding of this American's antecedents.
5. The invention of the radiotelegraph should antecede the development of television by a quarter of a century.
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Meanings and Examples of ANTECEDENT
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antecedent
n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
n. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
Classic Sentence:
1 His instinct was to regard her as a conspirator against rather than as an antecedent obstacle to Thomasin's happiness.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
2 Mothers found strange men calling on their daughters, men who came without letters of introduction and whose antecedents were unknown.
3 They were gay, wealthy people, very much like Rhett's New Orleans friends, elegant of dress, free with their money, vague as to their antecedents.
4 The first difficulty which we had to contend with was the finding of this American's antecedents.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
5 Those are the antecedents, and the culmination.
6 He told me all this very much later, but I've put it down here with the idea of exploding those first wild rumors about his antecedents, which weren't even faintly true.
Example Sentence:
1 That was antecedent to this event.
2 Smuggled out of Germany and adopted by a Christian family, she knew nothing of her birth and antecedents until she was reunited with her family in 1989.
3 Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.
4 The invention of the radiotelegraph should antecede the development of television by a quarter of a century.