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Antecedent
//ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Earlier, either in time or in order. not-comparable
"an antecedent cause"
- 2 Presumptive. not-comparable
"an antecedent improbability"
Adjective
- 1 preceding in time or order wordnet
Noun
- 1 Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- 2 the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun wordnet
- 3 An ancestor.
"The Boston agent added that this clerk was a young man of wholly unquestioned veracity and reliability, of known antecedents and long with the company."
- 4 a preceding occurrence or cause or event wordnet
- 5 A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
"[W]hereas it might seem orderly that, as who is appropriated to persons, so that should have been appropriated to things […] the antecedent of that is often personal"
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- 6 someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) wordnet
- 7 The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
- 8 anything that precedes something similar in time wordnet
- 9 The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
- 10 The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- 11 Previous principles, conduct, history, etc. in-plural
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
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