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Something that came earlier and helped shape a later event or development.

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antecedent

The small reading club was an antecedent of the city's public library.
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In Jo's workshop story, a missed train served as the antecedent to an unexpected meeting in an empty station cafe.
From What the Short Story Leaves Unsaid.
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