Antecedent ¹

Definition: Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

Antecedent ²

Definition: Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.

Antecedent ³

Definition: That which goes before in time; that which precedes.

Antecedent ⁴

Definition: One who precedes or goes in front.

Antecedent ⁵

Definition: The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.

Antecedent ⁶

Definition: The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.

Antecedent ⁷

Definition: The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.

Antecedent ⁸

Definition: The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.

antecedent ⁹

Definition: the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

antecedent ¹⁰

Definition: a preceding occurrence or cause or event

antecedent ¹¹

Definition: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

antecedent ¹²

Definition: anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"

antecedent ¹³

Definition: preceding in time or order