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