Antecedent Definition

ăntĭ-sēdnt
antecedents
adjective
Going before; preceding.
American Heritage
Going or coming before in time, order, or logic; prior; previous; preceding.
Webster's New World

Earlier, either in time or order.

An event antecedent to the Biblical Flood.
An antecedent cause.
Wiktionary

Presumptive.

An antecedent improbability.
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noun
antecedents
One that precedes another.
American Heritage
Any happening or thing prior to another.
Webster's New World
A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.
American Heritage
Anything logically preceding.
Webster's New World
The important events and occurrences in one's early life.
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Other Word Forms of Antecedent

Noun

Singular:
antecedent
Plural:
antecedents

Origin of Antecedent

  • From Old French antecedent (French antécédent), from Latin antecēdēns (“go before”), from antecēdere (“to yield before”).

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Antecedent Sentence Examples

  • We should expect the albuminous state of the seed to be an antecedent one to the exalbuminous condition, and the recent discoveries in fertilization tend to confirm this view.

  • It was of course antecedent to the discovery of auscultation.

  • The most obvious antecedent for "this" is Jesus Christ.

  • It needs not distillation, but expansion and illustration from contemporary and antecedent thought and literature.

  • Much depends upon its antecedent magnetic condition, and indeed upon its whole magnetic history.

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Words Starting With

AANANT

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With A and Ending With T

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