ALL meanings of antecedent
an·te·ced·ent
A a - countable noun antecedent An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way. 3
- adjective antecedent An antecedent thing or event happened or existed before another related thing or event. 3
- countable noun antecedent Your antecedents are your ancestors. 3
- noun antecedent an event, circumstance, etc, that happens before another 3
- noun antecedent a word or phrase to which a pronoun refers. In the sentence "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones," people is the antecedent of who 3
- noun antecedent the hypothetical clause, usually introduced by "if", in a conditional statement: that which implies the other 3
- adjective antecedent preceding in time or order; prior 3
- adjective antecedent going or coming before in time, order, or logic; prior; previous; preceding 3
- noun antecedent any happening or thing prior to another 3
- noun antecedent anything logically preceding 3
- noun antecedent one's ancestry, past life, training, etc. 3
- noun antecedent the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers 3
- noun antecedent the part of a conditional proposition that states the condition 3
- noun antecedent the first term or numerator of a ratio 3
- noun antecedent A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another. 1
- noun antecedent preceding event 1
- noun antecedent grammar 1
- adjective antecedent preceding, prior 1
- abbreviation ANTECEDENT ancestors 1
- adjective antecedent preceding; prior: an antecedent event. 1
- noun antecedent a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc. 1
- noun antecedent antecedents. ancestors. the history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life: Little is known about his birth and antecedents. 1
- noun antecedent 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 antecedent Mathematics. the first term of a ratio; the first or third term of a proportion. the first of two vectors in a dyad. 1
- noun antecedent Logic. the conditional element in a proposition, as “Caesar conquered Gaul,” in “If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.”. 1
- noun antecedent Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing. 0
- noun antecedent An ancestor. 0
- noun antecedent (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun. 0
- noun antecedent (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition. 0
- noun antecedent (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent. 0
- adjective antecedent Earlier, either in time or order. 0
- adjective antecedent presumptive. 0