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antecedent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root |
| Type of | relative, relation |
| Has types | father, ancestress, sire, progenitor, primogenitor, foremother, forefather, forebear, forbear |
antecedent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | forerunner |
| Type of | temporal relation |
phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience.
antecedent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cause |
| Derivation | antecede |
antecedent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | antecedency, antecedence |
antecedent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | referent |
Examples of antecedent
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It is directly antecedent to the failed 1917 French offensives and the mutinies.
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Material implication allows a true consequent to follow from a false antecedent.
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If the antecedent is true, then the truth depends on the truth of the consequent.
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In the time I spent with that antecedent I could see why gate crashers feel that.
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In the introduction rule, the antecedent named u is discharged in the conclusion.
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In the artistic discourse the work of Jackson Pollock is hailed as an antecedent.
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First, the reflexive pronoun and its antecedent are not always in the same clause.
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This phenomenon is called group homogeneity, which is an antecedent to groupthink.
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For these reasons, it is considered a key antecedent to naturalist literature.
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- Preceding in time or order
- Ancestor: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- A preceding occurrence or cause or event
- Anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
- The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
- (antecedently) previously: at an earlier time or formerly; "she had previously lived in Chicago"; "he was previously president of a bank"; "better than anything previously proposed"; "a previously unquestioned attitude"; "antecedently arranged"
- 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. ...
- A common stylistic problem in writing, often leading to confusion, is the use of a pronoun for which the antecedent is not clear, as in the following example: I met John at Mike's party. He told me about his new friend.
- 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 States and Australia.
