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antecedent definition
antecedent |
Grep of noun antecedent antecedent plasma thromboplastin antecedent Overview of noun antecedent The noun antecedent has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root -- (someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)) 2. (1) antecedent -- (a preceding occurrence or cause or event) 3. antecedent, forerunner -- (anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience") 4. antecedent -- (the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun) Overview of adj antecedent The adj antecedent has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. antecedent, preceding -- (preceding in time or order) Antonyms of adj antecedent 1 sense of antecedent Sense 1 antecedent (vs. subsequent), preceding subsequent (vs. antecedent) => consequent, ensuant, resultant, resulting(postnominal), sequent => future(postnominal), later(postnominal), ulterior Similarity of adj antecedent 1 sense of antecedent Sense 1 antecedent (vs. subsequent), preceding => ante => anterior, prior(postnominal) => anticipatory, prevenient => preexistent Also See-> preceding#1 Attributes of adj antecedent Familiarity of adj antecedent antecedent used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj antecedent antecedent Overview of noun antecedent The noun antecedent has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root -- (someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)) 2. (1) antecedent -- (a preceding occurrence or cause or event) 3. antecedent, forerunner -- (anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience") 4. antecedent -- (the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun) Overview of adj antecedent The adj antecedent has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. antecedent, preceding -- (preceding in time or order)
antecedent definition