antecedent
Meanings
Plural: antecedents
Noun
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- anything that precedes something similar in time
- "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- An ancestor.
- A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
- The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
- The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
- The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
Adjective
- preceding in time or order
Adj
- Earlier, either in time or in order.
- Presumptive.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
Synonyms
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, forebear, forefather, forerunner, precedent, preceding, precursor, predecessive, predecessor, progenitor, root
Antonyms
anaphor, consequent, descendant, subsequent, succedent, successive
Scrabble Score: 13
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