antecedent
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /æntəˈsidnt/, /æn'tesədnt/
[edit] Etymology
From Old French antecedent (French antécédent), from Latin antecēdēns (“go before”), from antecēdere (“to yield before”).
[edit] Adjective
antecedent (not comparable)
[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.
- An ancestor.
- (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
- (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition.
[edit] Synonyms
- (something which precedes): precedent, precursor
- (an ancestor): ascendant, ascendent, forebear, forefather, forerunner, predecessor, progenitor
[edit] Antonyms
- (logic): consequent
- (linguistics): anaphor
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[edit] 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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[edit] See also
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
From Latin antecēdēns (“go before”), from antecēdere (“to yield before”).
[edit] Noun
antecedent n. (plural antecedenten, diminutive antecedentje)
- antecedent (linguistics)
- antecedent (logic)
- antecedent (thing that precedes)
[edit] Antonyms
- (logic): consequent
- (linguistics): anafoor
[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
antecēdent
- third-person plural future active indicative of antecēdō
