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antecedentsnounpl. of antecedent someone or something responsible for a resultwhat are the antecedents of the American Revolutionary War? causalities, causations, causes, occasions, reasons considerations, determinants, factorsalpha and omegas, be-all and end-allsimpetuses, incentives, inspirations, instigations, stimulimothers, origins, roots, sources, springs aftereffects, aftermaths, consequences, corollaries, developments, effects, fates, fruits, issues, outcomes, outgrowths, products, resultants, results, sequels, sequences, upshots ramificationsdenouements(also dénouements), repercussionsconclusions, endsby-products, side effects(also side reactions) something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developedthe typewriter is the antecedent of the computer keyboard ancestors, archetypes, daddies, foregoers, forerunners, granddaddies(also grandaddies), precursors, predecessors, prototypes models, originalsoriginators, siresfathers, mothers descendants(also descendents) by-products, derivatives, offshoots, outgrowths, spin-offsdaughters, sons |