Associations to the word «Antecedent»
Noun
Adjective
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
Dictionary definition
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.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.