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antecedent

/ˌantɪˈsiːdənt/

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noun

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

Examples :

"The heavy rain was the antecedent to the flooding in the streets. "

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noun

Examples :

""My great-grandmother is an antecedent of mine." "

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noun

(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.

Examples :

"In the sentence "The dog wagged its tail," the antecedent of "its" is "dog." "

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noun

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

Examples :

"In the statement, "If it rains, then the game will be canceled," the rain is the antecedent, which causes the cancellation. "

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noun

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

Examples :

"In the math problem, the antecedent, the "if" part of the statement, must be true for the conclusion to be valid. "

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

Examples :

"In the ratio of students to teachers, 20:1, the number of students, 20, is the antecedent. "

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noun

(chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.

Examples :

"The company reviewed the antecedents of the project - its past successes and failures - before deciding how to proceed with the new phase. "

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adjective

Earlier, either in time or in order.

Examples :

"an antecedent cause"

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adjective

Examples :

"an antecedent improbability"

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