Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
antecedent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Earlier, either in time or in order.
an antecedent cause
an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
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(not-comparable) Presumptive.
an antecedent improbability
Antonyms
successive
Deriveds
antecedently · antecedent phrase
Relateds
precedence · antecedence · antecede
Synonyms
predecessive · precedent · preceding
Translations (41)
ro antecedent (earlier in time or order) · de vorige (earlier in time or order) · la antecēdēns (earlier in time or order) · hu előbbi (earlier in time or order) · de voriges (earlier in time or order) · de vorhergehend (earlier in time or order) · cs dřívější (earlier in time or order) · ru предше́ствующий (earlier in time or order) · fr antécédent (earlier in time or order) · hi पूर्वगामी (earlier in time or order) · hu korábbi (earlier in time or order) · pl uprzedni (earlier in time or order) · nl voorafgaand (earlier in time or order) · de vorausgehend (earlier in time or order) · de vorangehend (earlier in time or order) · hu megelőző (earlier in time or order) · de vor- (earlier in time or order) · de voriger (earlier in time or order) · ro precedent (earlier in time or order) · uk попередній (earlier in time or order) · bg предшестващ (earlier in time or order) · is undanfari (earlier in time or order) · de vorgängig (earlier in time or order) · hi पूर्ववर्ती (earlier in time or order) · ms sebelum (earlier in time or order) · pl antecedentny (earlier in time or order) · sh antecèdent (earlier in time or order) · es antecedente (earlier in time or order) · sh antecedȅnt (earlier in time or order) · tl nauna (earlier in time or order) · it antecedente (earlier in time or order) · bg предишен (earlier in time or order) · fi edeltävä (earlier in time or order) · pt antecedente (earlier in time or order) · cs předcházející (earlier in time or order) · nl vroeger (earlier in time or order) · de vorrangig (earlier in time or order) · de früher (earlier in time or order) · cs předchozí (earlier in time or order) · ru предыду́щий (earlier in time or order) · uk передуючий (earlier in time or order)
antecedent en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
Meanings
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Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
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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.
1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 3, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
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A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
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
1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 117:[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
1926, H. W. Fowler, “that rel. pron.”, in A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, reprint of the first edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 634, column 2:
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The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
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The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
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The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
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(in-plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
Forms
Antonyms
consequent (antonym(s) of “in logic”) · succedent (antonym(s) of “in logic”) · anaphor (antonym(s) of “in grammar”)
Deriveds
last antecedent rule
Holonyms
referent (in grammar) · in logic · argument form
Relateds
juxtaposition
Synonyms
ascendant (an ancestor) · progenitor (an ancestor) · precedent (something which precedes) · forebear (an ancestor) · predecessor (an ancestor) · forefather (an ancestor) · precursor (something which precedes) · ascendent (an ancestor) · forerunner (an ancestor)
Translations (94)
it progenitore (ancestor) · fi esivanhempi (ancestor) · hu előzmény (any thing that precedes another thing) · el προηγούμενος (any thing that precedes another thing) · de Vorfahre (ancestor) · de Antezedenz (any thing that precedes another thing) · vi tiền bối (ancestor) · de Vorgeschichte (any thing that precedes another thing) · de Beziehungswort (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · cs předek (ancestor) · ms keturunan (ancestor) · de Ahnin (ancestor) · de Vorangehende (any thing that precedes another thing) · cmn 前辈 (ancestor) · el πρόγονος (ancestor) · it antecedente (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) · pl anteriora (Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.) · mn төлөөлөгдөхүүн (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · de Uhrahn (ancestor) · nl antecedent (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) · de Uhrahne (ancestor) · fi korrelaatti (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · fi edeltäjä (any thing that precedes another thing) · nl voorouder (ancestor) · de Ahne (ancestor) · pl antecedencje (Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.) · de Bezugselement (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · pt antepassado (ancestor) · fi etujäsen (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) · hu ős (ancestor) · de Ahn (ancestor) · de Bezugswort (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · hi पूर्ववर्त्ती (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · fr ascendant (ancestor) · tl nauna (any thing that precedes another thing) · hi पूर्ववृत्तांत (any thing that precedes another thing) · es antecedente (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) · ja 先行詞 (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · de Vorform (any thing that precedes another thing) · de Antezedens (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) · es antepasado (ancestor) · es antecedente (any thing that precedes another thing) · hi पूर्ववृत्त (any thing that precedes another thing) · it antecedente (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · is undanfari (any thing that precedes another thing) · de Vorleben (any thing that precedes another thing) · it antecedente (any thing that precedes another thing) · ro precedent (any thing that precedes another thing) · nl voorafgaande (any thing that precedes another thing) · pl antecedens (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) · pl antecedens (Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.) · nl antecedent (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · is forliður (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) · pt antecedente (any thing that precedes another thing) · cmn 前情 (any thing that precedes another thing) · pt ancestral (ancestor) · fi esi-isä (ancestor) · ca antecedent (any thing that precedes another thing) · es antecedente (ancestor) · pt antecedente (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) · cmn 先行詞 /先行词 (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · fi edeltävä asia (any thing that precedes another thing) · hi पूर्ववर्त्ती (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) · de Antezedens (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · pt antecedente (ancestor) · ro antecedent (any thing that precedes another thing) · sh antecèdent (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · nl antecedent (any thing that precedes another thing) · de Vorläufer (any thing that precedes another thing) · de Vorläufer (ancestor) · es antecedente (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · de Vorstufe (any thing that precedes another thing) · es ancestro (ancestor) · sv föregångare (any thing that precedes another thing) · de Vorfahr (ancestor) · la antecēdēns (any thing that precedes another thing) · el υπόθεση (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) · el πρότερος (any thing that precedes another thing) · de Ursache (any thing that precedes another thing) · ms anteseden (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · it antenato (ancestor) · cs příčina (any thing that precedes another thing) · de Vorhergehende (any thing that precedes another thing) · bg предшественик (any thing that precedes another thing) · ms sebelum (any thing that precedes another thing) · hi पूर्ववर्त्ती (any thing that precedes another thing) · cy rhagflaenydd (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · pt antecedente (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · fr antécédent (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · de Stammvater (ancestor) · is undanfari (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) · fr antécédent (any thing that precedes another thing) · cs předchůdce (any thing that precedes another thing) · fr antécédent (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition)