1) Ancestor 2) Ancestress 3) Antecedaneous 4) Anticipatory 5) Cause 6) Forbear 7) Forebear 8) Forefather 9) Foremother 10) Forerunner 11) Preceding 12) Precursor 13) Preexistent 14) Preexisting 15) Prevenient 16) Previous 17) Primogenitor 18) Prior 19) Progenitor
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1) Ancestor 2) Anterior 3) Anticipatory 4) Behavioral concept 5) French word used in English 6) Preceding 7) Preceding in time or order 8) Predecessor 9) Preexistent 10) Preexisting 11) Prevenient 12) Prior 13) The referent of an anaphor
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An antecedent is a preceding event, condition, cause, phrase, or word. ...
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[behavioral psychology] An antecedent is a stimulus that cues an organism to perform a learned behavior. When an organism perceives an antecedent stimulus, it behaves in a way that maximizes reinforcing consequences and minimizes punishing consequences. Antecedent stimuli that have been paired with reinforcing consequences activate centers ...
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[genealogy] In genealogy and in phylogenetic studies of evolutionary biology, antecedents or antecessors are predecessors in a family line. For example, one is the descendant of their grandparents, who are one`s antecedents. This term has particular utility in evolutionary coalescent theory, which models the process of genetic drift in reve...
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[grammar] In grammar, an antecedent is an expression (word, phrase, clause, etc.) that gives its meaning to a pro-form (pronoun, pro-verb, pro-adverb, etc.). A proform takes its meaning from its antecedent, e.g. Susan arrived late because traffic held her up. The pronoun her refers to and takes its meaning from Susan, so Susan is the antece...
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[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 United Kingdom and `prior convictions` (or simply `priors`) in the United States and Australia. When a defendant is being sentenced for a crime, the court will...
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[logic] An antecedent is the first half of a hypothetical proposition, whenever the if-clause precedes the then-clause. Examples: `X is a man` is the antecedent for this proposition. Here, `men have walked on the moon` is the antecedent. ...
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• (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 part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the ear...
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existing or occurring before in time or order often with consequential effects.
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(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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Existing or occurring before in time or order often with consequential effects. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(an″tә-se´dәnt) a precursor. plasma thromboplastin antecedent(PTA) factor XI.
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the word or phrase to which a later word or phrase (e.g. an anaphor ) refers.
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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 Deluge; an
antecedent cause.
2. Presu...
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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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adjective preceding in time or order
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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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(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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preceding; prior: an antecedent event.
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a preceding occurrence or cause or event
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[ASVAB glossary] a preceding occurrence or cause or event
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the referent of an anaphor
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[SAT terms] someone from whom you are descended
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[TEKS ELAR vocabulary] the referent of an anaphor
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