Look up: antecedent

1. antecedent
   Type: Term Pronunciation: an′te-sē′dent Definitions: 1. A precursor.
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2. antecedent
   [adj] - preceding in time or order 2. [n] - anything that precedes something similar in time 3. [n] - a preceding occurrence or cause or event 4. [n] - the referent of an anaphor
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3. antecedent
   the word or phrase to which a later word or phrase (e.g. an anaphor ) refers.
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4. antecedent
   the IF portion of an IF-THEN rule.The antecedent(condition)must be satisfied for the consequent(conclusion)to be true Category: Statistics • a word or phrase referred back to by a subsequent word,usually a pronoun Category: Language and literature
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5. Antecedent
   An`te·ced'ent adjective [ Latin antecedens , -entis , present participle of antecedere : confer French antécédent .] 1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Delug...
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6. Antecedent
   An`te·ced'ent noun [ Confer French antécédent .] 1. That which goes before in time; that which precedes. South. « The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents . Max Miller.<...
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7. antecedent
   Existing or occurring before in time or order often with consequential effects. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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8. antecedent
   adjective preceding in time or order
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9. antecedent
   noun a preceding occurrence or cause or event
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10. antecedent
    noun the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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11. antecedent
    forerunner noun anything that precedes something similar in time; `phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience`
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12. antecedent
    (an″tә-se´dәnt) a precursor. plasma thromboplastin antecedent(PTA) factor XI.
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13. Antecedent
    • (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. • (n.) The earlier events of one`s life; previous principles, conduct, course, history. • (n.) One who precedes or goes in front. • (n.) That which goes before in time; that which precedes. • (n.) The first or conditional ...
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14. antecedent
    (from the article `applied logic`) A simple conditional, or `if,` statement asserts a strictly formal relationship between antecedent (`if` clause) and consequent (`then` clause): `If ... ...not- or ` or as `not both; and not-.` The symbol ` is known as the (material) implica...
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15. antecedent
    existing or occurring before in time or order often with consequential effects.
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16. Antecedent
    In a sentence of the form A ? B ('if A then B'), the constituent sentences A and B are called antecedent and consequent respectively. Or the same terminology may be applied to propositions expressed by these sentences. -- A. C.
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17. Antecedent
    In grammar, an antecedent is the noun to which a relative or other pronoun refers; as, Solomon was the prince who built the temple, where the word prince is the antecedent of who.
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18. antecedent
    (grammar) In grammar, the noun phrase to which an adjectival (or relative) clause refers. Typically, a pronoun substitutes for the antecedent noun. For example, in the sentence `Jane left early and John followed her`, Jane is the antecedent of the pronoun ...
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19. Antecedent
    (grammar) In grammar, an `antecedent` is a noun, noun phrase, or clause to which an anaphor refers in a coreference. For example, in the passage "I did not see `John` because he wasn`t there", "John" is the antecedent of the anaphor "he"; together "Jo...
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20. Antecedent
    (logic) An `antecedent` is the first half of a hypothetical proposition. Examples: This is a nonlogical formulation of a hypothetical proposition. In this case, the antecedent is `P`, and the consequent is `Q`. "X is a man" is the antecedent for this proposition. Here, "men hav...
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21. Antecedent
    (law) `Antecedents` are the life history and previous convictions of a defendant in a criminal case. They are colloquially known as "previous convictions" (or simply "previous") in the U.K. and "prior convictions" (or simply "priors") in the United Stat...
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22. Antecedent
    (genealogy) In genealogy or in phylogenetic studies of evolutionary biology an antecedent, antecessor or antecedents are predecessors in a family line. I am the descendants of my grandparents, they are my antecedents. This term has particular utility in evolutionary coalescent theory, which m...
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