nounπShareAny thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing."The heavy rain was the antecedent to the flooding in the streets. "pasttimehistorygrammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn ancestor.""My great-grandmother is an antecedent of mine." "familyhistorypersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun."In the sentence "The dog wagged its tail," the antecedent of "its" is "dog." "grammarlanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p \rightarrow q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent."In the statement, "If it rains, then the game will be canceled," the rain is the antecedent, which causes the cancellation. "logicphilosophylanguagegrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true."In the math problem, the antecedent, the "if" part of the statement, must be true for the conclusion to be valid. "logicmathphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent."In the ratio of students to teachers, 20:1, the number of students, 20, is the antecedent. "mathnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc."The company reviewed the antecedents of the project - its past successes and failures - before deciding how to proceed with the new phase. "historypastChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareEarlier, either in time or in order."an antecedent cause"timelanguagegrammarhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπSharePresumptive."an antecedent improbability"grammarlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
