antecedent
pronunciation
How to pronounce antecedent in British English:
UK [ˌæntɪˈsi:dnt]
How to pronounce antecedent in American English:
US [ˌæntɪˈsidnt]
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- Noun:
- 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
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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- Adjective:
- preceding in time or order
Word Origin
- antecedent
- antecedent: see ancestor
- antecedent
- late 14c. (n. and adj.), from Old French antecedent (14c.) or directly from Latin antecedentem (nominative antecedens), present participle of antecedere "go before, precede," from ante- "before" (see ante) + cedere "to yield" (see cede). Used as a noun in Latin philosophical writings.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent .
- 2. Something out mind always has antecedent .
- 3. The accident took area in the eleven avenue one hour antecedent .
- 4. That was antecedent to this event .
- 5. A common formal fallacy involves affirming the consequent or denying the antecedent in hypothetical reasoning .