antecedent
See also: antécédent
English
Etymology
From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌantɪˈsiːdənt/
Audio (Canada) (file)
Adjective
antecedent (not comparable)
- Earlier, either in time or in order.
- an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
- an antecedent cause
- Presumptive.
- an antecedent improbability
Translations
earlier in time or order
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Noun
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antecedent (plural antecedents)
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- An ancestor.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 3:
- 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.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 3:
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
- H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
- [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.
- 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 117:
- One such condition can be formulated in terms of the c-command relation defined in (9) above: the relevant condition is given in (16) below:
(16) C-COMMAND CONDITION ON ANAPHORS
An anaphor must have an appropriate c-commanding antecedent
- One such condition can be formulated in terms of the c-command relation defined in (9) above: the relevant condition is given in (16) below:
- H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. , where is the antecedent, and is the consequent.
- (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
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- (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
- (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
Synonyms
- (something which precedes): precedent, precursor
- (an ancestor): ascendant, ascendent, forebear, forefather, forerunner, predecessor, progenitor
Antonyms
- (in logic): consequent, (for sequents) succedent
- (in linguistics): anaphor
Holonyms
Translations
any thing that precedes another thing
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ancestor
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word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
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conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French antecédent, from Latin antecēdēns (“go before”), from antecēdere (“to go or come before”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑn.tə.səˈdɛnt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: an‧te‧ce‧dent
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
antecedent n (plural antecedenten, diminutive antecedentje n)
- antecedent (thing that precedes; prior fact, background fact)
- (linguistics) antecedent (referent of a word, esp. of a pronoun)
- (logic) antecedent (condition part of a proposition)
Antonyms
- (logic): (consequent)
- (linguistics): (anafoor)
Latin
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