antecedent
English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /æntəˈsidn̩t/, /æn'tesədn̩t/
Etymology
From Old French antecedent (French antécédent), from Latin antecēdēns (“go before”), from antecēdere (“to yield before”).
Adjective
antecedent (not comparable)
Translations
earlier in time or order
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Noun
antecedent (plural antecedents)
- Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
- An ancestor.
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition.
- (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
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
word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
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conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
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See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin antecēdēns (“go before”), from antecēdere (“to yield before”).
Noun
antecedent n (plural antecedenten, diminutive antecedentje)
- antecedent (linguistics)
- antecedent (logic)
- antecedent (thing that precedes)
Antonyms
- (logic): consequent
- (linguistics): anafoor