antecedents
Britishplural noun
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ancestry
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a person's past history
Example Sentences
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While going rather easy on King George, Ms. Worsley is dismayed by the strategy of her antecedents, whose tactics often seemed calculated to fan the sputtering flames of rebellion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
We must use accurate and direct language to describe the democracy crisis, its historical antecedents and origins, global connections, and what may happen next based on the evidence.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024
“If I do something that shocks me or that I’m not proud of, I’m able to frame that behaviorally and sort of understand the antecedents, the behavior itself and then the consequence,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
When Pareja began his own career as a free man, he had experience rare for any artist outside Italy, and firsthand knowledge of both royal portraiture and classical antecedents.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
It is something of a puzzle that the word ‘experiment’ did not come with it, despite its respectable Latin antecedents.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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