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Definition of antecedent:

(adj) : earlier either in time or order
(n) : any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing; one's ancestors
"in "The policeman asked the boy what he was doing" the phrase "the boy" is the antecedent of the pronoun "he"."
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Definition of antecedent:

(adj) : earlier either in time or order
(n) : any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing; one's ancestors
"in "The policeman asked the boy what he was doing" the phrase "the boy" is the antecedent of the pronoun "he"."
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