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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