antecedents
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Plural of 'antecedent,' meaning things that came before. In grammar, refers to nouns that pronouns replace. In law, describes someone's background or prior history. Generally means ancestors, predecessors, or past events. Used when discussing origins, backgrounds, and historical contexts.
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Anaphoric pronouns derive reference from linguistic antecedents rather than direct ostension, creating dependency relationships across discourse segments systematically.
照応代名詞は、直接的直示ではなく言語的先行詞から指示を派生し、談話セグメント間で体系的に依存関係を生み出す。
The police investigated the suspect's antecedents thoroughly.
警察は容疑者の経歴を徹底的に調査した。
The parties hereto acknowledge that this accord supersedes all antecedent agreements, whether written or oral, pertaining to the subject matter herein.
本契約当事者は、本合意が本件に関する書面または口頭によるすべての先行合意に優先することを認める。
The problem had antecedently been identified by researchers.
その問題は以前に研究者によって特定されていた。
The invention of the printing press anteceded the Protestant Reformation.
印刷機の発明は宗教改革に先立った。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz