Antecedent

What do we mean by antecedent?

Going before; preceding. adjective

One that precedes another. noun

A preceding occurrence, cause, or event. synonym: cause. noun

The important events and occurrences in one's early life. noun

One's ancestors. noun

The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to, as the children in The teacher asked the children where they were going. noun

The first term of a ratio. noun

The conditional member of a hypothetical proposition. noun

In physical geography, noting rivers or streams which have persisted in their courses in spite of an uplift of the land: thus the Meuse is an antecedent river, because it has persisted in its course by cutting a deep gorge through the uplifted area of the Ardennes.

Being before in time, place, rank, or logical order; prior; anterior; as, an event antecedent to the deluge.

One who or that which goes before in time or place. noun

In grammar: The noun to which a relative, pronoun refers: as, Solomon was the prince who built the temple, where the word prince is the antecedent of who. Formerly, the noun to which a following pronoun refers, and whose repetition is avoided by the use of the pronoun. noun

In logic: That member of a conditional proposition of the form, “If A is, then B is,” which states, as a hypothesis, the condition of the truth of what is expressed in the other member, termed the consequent: in the proposition given the antecedent is “if A is.” noun

The premise of a consequence, or syllogism in the first figure with the major premise suppressed. noun

An event upon which another event follows. noun

In mathematics, the first of two terms of a ratio, or that which is compared with the other. Thus, if the ratio is that of 2 to 3, or of a to b, 2 or a is the antecedent. noun

In music, a passage proposed to be answered as the subject of a fugue. noun

Plural The earlier events or circumstances of one's life; one's origin, previous course, associations, conduct, or avowed principles. noun

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding adjective

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.

The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p \rightarrow q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.

The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to antecedent:
antecedent, antecedant, antecedents, antecede, antecedence, anteceding, anteceded, antecedes, antecedency, intercedent, antecedente.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word antecedent:
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Words that rhyme with antecedent:
precedent, decedent, sedent, mesodont, reed hundt, reid hunt.

Adjectives that are often used to describe antecedent:
necessary, immediate, invariable, long, direct, important, historical, common, possible, only, causal, true, logical, clear, singular, plural, specific, proper, single, definite, potential, particular, literary, unconditional, false, nearest, physical, appropriate, grammatical, indefinite, commanding, natural, obvious, linguistic, remote, intended, constant, frequent, explicit, indispensable, closest, correct, mere, intellectual, sole, negative, relevant, essential, overt, suitable, temporal, key, complex, universal, classical, pronoun, chronological, earliest, implied, likely, anaphoric, apparent, conditional, counterfactual, unique, nearer, biblical, uniform.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective antecedent:
conditions, events, condition, probability, history, causes, debt, cause, event, variables, circumstances, factors, infection, state, disease, government, improbability, clause, period, trauma, knowledge, action, states, stimuli, existence, illness, probabilities, experience, facts, variable, phrase, stimulus, agreement, symptoms, factor, necessity, act, experiences, noun, term, moisture, control, right, phenomena, stage, parties, proposition, obligation, reason, reality, behavior, stages, pregnancy, injury, infections, debts, processes, rainfall, fact, ideas, tradition, rights, presumption, inflammation, clauses, influences, acts, choice, consequence, rule, principle, desire, sets, rules, drainage, stream, precipitation, streams, index, beliefs.

Consonant match to antecedent:
intercedent.

Words that sound like antecedent:
antecedent, antecedant, antecedents, antecedence, anticipant, antioxidant, anti-oxidant, incident, intendant, intendent, antipodean, antecedently, antipodeans, accident.