The preceding element in a situation, often used in grammatical terms to refer to a word or phrase that a pronoun refers to.

पूर्ववर्ती

English Usage: In the sentence "The car that he bought was red, and it is now in the garage," the antecedent of "it" is "the car."

Hindi Usage: वाक्य "जिस कार को उसने खरीदा वह लाल थी, और वह अब गैरेज में है," में "वह" का पूर्ववर्ती "कार" है।