Hyphenation of antecedent

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word antecedent? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

an-tecedent

Definitions of antecedent:

1.	Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
2.	A preceding occurrence or cause or event
3.	Anything that precedes something similar in time Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
4.	The referent of an anaphor A phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
5.	Preceding in time or order

Synonyms of antecedent:

adj	antecedent, preceding, anterior, prior, anticipatory, prevenient, preexistent, pre-existent, preexisting, pre-existing, preceding
noun	ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root, relative, relation
noun	cause
noun	forerunner, temporal relation
noun	referent

Last hyphenations of this language

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