Associations to the word «Antecedent»

Wiktionary

ANTECEDENT, adjective. Earlier, either in time or order.

ANTECEDENT, adjective. Presumptive

ANTECEDENT, noun. Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

ANTECEDENT, noun. An ancestor.

ANTECEDENT, noun. (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.

ANTECEDENT, noun. (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition.

ANTECEDENT, noun. (math) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.

ANTECEDENT PHRASE, noun. (music) the first phrase in a period

ANTECEDENT PHRASES, noun. Plural of antecedent phrase

ANTECEDENT, noun. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).

ANTECEDENT, noun. A preceding occurrence or cause or event.

ANTECEDENT, noun. Anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience".

ANTECEDENT, noun. The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun.

ANTECEDENT, adjective. Preceding in time or order.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Leo Tolstoy