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Antecedent

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`teced"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`teced"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.

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

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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