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antecedence

noun
/ænˈtɛsɪdəns/

Etymology

From Latin antecēdentia from Latin antecēdēns (“preceding”), from antecēdō (“go before”).

  1. derived from antecēdēns
  2. derived from antecēdentia

Definitions

  1. The relationship of preceding something in time or order.

    • […] we are concerned with those relations of antecedence or sequence which it is impossible to think of as other than we know them.

  2. That which precedes something or someone (e.g. prior events, origin, ancestry).

    • The literature on the French Revolution and its antecedence is vast.
    • The child she had conceived in terror, had carried in shame, and had borne in pain had been given the name of that paradisal spring which could, if anything could, wash antecedence into non-existence and torment into calm.

  3. The length of time by which one event or time period precedes another.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent.

      • The pronouns who and which and what, used interrogatively, […] may refer to a word or to words in the answer to a question, but their antecedence may be indefinite or unrevealed, even after the answer is given.

    2. A geologic process that explains how and why antecedent rivers can cut through mountain…

      A geologic process that explains how and why antecedent rivers can cut through mountain systems instead of going around them.

    3. An apparent motion of a planet toward the west.

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No curated loop yet for antecedence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA