He told me all this very much later, but I've put it down here with the idea of exploding those first wild rumors about his antecedents, which weren't even faintly true.
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Antecedents
Synonyms for "antecedents" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
Adjective(1 words)
historical background
Noun(9 words)
initial conditionsnominal antecedentprecursorspredecessorsprehistoriespremisesprior eventsprogenitorsreferents
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8 entriesconditional clausegrandparentgreat grandparentif clausenominal antecedentprecursorpredecessorpronoun antecedent
Collocations
6 entriescommon antecedentsenvironmental antecedentsgenetic antecedentshistorical antecedentspotential antecedentspsychological antecedents
Derivations
2 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
What do you know about the antecedents of the war?
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