antecedent
US /ˌæn.t̬əˈsiː.dənt/
UK /ˌæn.t̬əˈsiː.dənt/
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tiền lệ
someone or something existing or happening before, especially as the cause or origin of something existing or happening later:
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Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.
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tiền lệ
previous:
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When the college was established in 1546, it inherited a hall from each of three antecedent institutions.