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Vorform — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • antecedent noun In grammar, the word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to.
  • precursor noun Something or someone that comes before and leads to, or signals, what follows.

Senses

Vorform is used for these senses in English:

  • antecedent Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
  • precursor (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

antecedent — full definition

  1. noun In grammar, the word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to.
  2. noun A thing or event that came before something else and helped lead to it.
  3. adjective Coming before something in time or order.

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