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antecedently

an·te·ced·ent
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [an-tuh-seed-nt]
    • /ˌæn təˈsid nt/
    • /ˌæntɪˈsiːdəntli /
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-tuh-seed-nt]
    • /ˌæn təˈsid nt/

Definitions of antecedently word

  • adverb antecedently in an antecedent manner 3
  • adjective antecedently preceding; prior: an antecedent event. 1
  • noun antecedently a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc. 1
  • noun antecedently antecedents. ancestors. the history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life: Little is known about his birth and antecedents. 1
  • noun antecedently Grammar. a word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence. In Jane lost a glove and she can't find it, Jane is the antecedent of she and glove is the antecedent of it. 1
  • noun antecedently Mathematics. the first term of a ratio; the first or third term of a proportion. the first of two vectors in a dyad. 1
See all 8 definitions of antecedently

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Origin of antecedently

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin antecēdent- (stem of antecēdēns) going before, present participle of antecēdere to antecede; see -ent

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Parts of speech for Antecedently

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Antecedently

antecedently popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for antecedently

adv antecedently

  • ahead — Something that is ahead is in front of you. If you look ahead, you look directly in front of you.
  • earlier — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
  • forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • along — If something is situated along a road, river, or corridor, it is situated in it or beside it.
  • advanced — An advanced system, method, or design is modern and has been developed from an earlier version of the same thing.

adj antecedently

  • ahead of time — If you do something ahead of time, you do it before a particular event or before you need to, in order to be well prepared.
  • already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
  • precocious — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
  • early — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.

adverb antecedently

  • time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
All 56 Synonyms of antecedently

Antonyms for antecedently

adv antecedently

  • behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
  • afterward — If you do something or if something happens afterward, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned.
  • later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
  • after — If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
  • aft — If you go aft in a boat or plane, you go to the back of it. If you are aft, you are in the back.
All 11 Antonyms of antecedently

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