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Antecedent

Antecedent Meaning & Definition
Antecedent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Antecedent?

[n] the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
[n] a preceding occurrence or cause or event
[n] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
[n] anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
[adj] preceding in time or order

Synonyms | Synonyms for Antecedent: ancestor | anterior | anticipatory | ascendant | ascendent | forerunner | preceding | preexistent | prevenient | prior(a) | root

Related Terms | Find terms related to Antecedent: agency | ancestor | ancestors | announcer | antecede | antecedents | antedate | anterior | anticipatory | ascendant | ascendants | avant-garde | base | basis | bellwether | buccinator | bushwhacker | call | causation | cause | cause and effect | chief | ci-devant | determinant | determinative | earlier | early | elder | elders | element | etiology | exordial | explorer | factor | fathers | first | fore | forebear | forebears | forefather | forefathers | foregoer | foregoing | foremost | forerun | forerunner | former | front runner | frontiersman | fugleman | grandfathers | grandparents | ground | groundbreaker | grounds | guide | harbinger | heading | headmost | herald | inaugural | initiatory | innovator | instrumentality | lead runner | leader | leading | means | messenger | occasion | older | pace | past | pathfinder | patriarchs | pioneer | point | precedent | preceding | precessional | precurrent | precursor | precursory | predate | predecessor | predecessors | preexistent | prefatory | preliminary | preludial | prelusive | premise | preparatory | prevenient | previous | prime | primogenitor | principle | prior | proemial | progenitor | progenitors | propaedeutic | prototype | reason | scout | senior | stimulus | stormy petrel | trailblazer | trailbreaker | vanguard | vaunt-courier | voortrekker

See Also | ancestress | cause | father | forbear | forebear | forefather | foremother | preceding(a) | primogenitor | progenitor | referent | relation | relative | sire | temporal relation

Antecedent In Webster's Dictionary

\An`te*ced"ent\, a. [L. antecedens, -entis, p. pr. of antecedere: cf. F. ant['e]c['e]dent.] 1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. 2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. Syn: Prior; previous; foregoing.
\An`te*ced"ent\, n. [Cf. F. ant['e]c['e]dent.] 1. That which goes before in time; that which precedes. --South. The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents. --Max Miller. 2. One who precedes or goes in front. [Obs.] My antecedent, or my gentleman usher. --Massinger. 3. pl. The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history. --J. H. Newman. If the troops . . . prove worthy of their antecedents, the victory is surely ours. --Gen. G. McClellan. 4. (Gram.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence ``Solomon was the prince who built the temple,'' prince is the antecedent of who. 5. (Logic) (a) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move. (b) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die. 6. (Math.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.

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