ಅರ್ಥ : A preceding occurrence or cause or event.
ಅರ್ಥ : Anything that precedes something similar in time.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : forerunner
ಅರ್ಥ : The referent of an anaphor. A phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun.