antecedent

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Earlier, either in time or in order.

   • an antecedent cause
   • an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
2. 2

   Presumptive.

   • an antecedent improbability
3. 3

   Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

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   1. 4

      An ancestor.

      • The Boston agent added that this clerk was a young man of wholly unquestioned veracity and reliability, of known antecedents and long with the company.
   2. 5

      A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.

      • [W]hereas it might seem orderly that, as who is appropriated to persons, so that should have been appropriated to things […] the antecedent of that is often personal
      • One such condition can be formulated in terms of the c-command relation defined in (9) above: the relevant condition is given in (16) below: (16) C-COMMAND CONDITION ON ANAPHORS An anaphor must have an appropriate c-commanding antecedent
   3. 6

      The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent,…

      The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.

   4. 7

      The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are…

      The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.

   5. 8

      The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a

      The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.

   6. 9

      Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.

The neighborhood

• antonymconsequentantonym(s) of “in logic”
• antonymsuccedentantonym(s) of “in logic”
• antonymanaphorantonym(s) of “in grammar”
• neighborantecede
• neighborantecedence
• neighborprecedence
• neighborjuxtaposition