antecedent
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[edit] English
[edit] Adjective
antecedent (not comparable)
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[edit] Translations
earlier in time or order
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[edit] Noun
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antecedent (plural antecedents)
- any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing
- (in plural) one's ancestors
- (grammar) a word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun
- In "The policeman asked the boy what he was doing" the phrase "the boy" is the antecedent of the pronoun "he".
- In the sentence "I saw my girlfriend yesterday wearing her old jacket which is odd because she almost never wears it.", the phrase "my girlfriend" is the antecedent of "her" and "old jacket" is the antecedent of "it".
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition
- an ancestor
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[edit] Holonyms
[edit] Related terms
- precedent
- (logic): consequent
[edit] Translations
any thing that precedes another thing
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one's ancestors
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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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