antecedent to
Example Sentences
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Wilson redefined “liberty” not as a natural right antecedent to the government, but as “the right of those who are governed to adjust government to their own needs and interests.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
One example of this is the experience of stress, which can be a toxic antecedent to many health problems.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021
The closest antecedent to “Changes” may well be adult-contemporary R&B, which makes sense given that Bieber’s primary songwriting collaborator is Poo Bear, a 41-year-old singer and songwriter who’s released R&B music of his own.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2020
Sinatra got his early break appearing on an early antecedent to those programs, radio’s “Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2015
The relative pronoun is so called because it relates or refers to another word, called its antecedent, to which it joins the clause that it introduces.
From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose
